A while back I read an article about how sperm may be an antidepressant for people who ingest it in one way or another. But that’s not my question. What interests me is that a few months later, I read an article about the scientist who proposed that theory. He said what started him down that line of thinking was that he read a study about how cohabiting lesbians’ menstrual cycles don’t sync up. He theorized it was because of their lack of sperm ingestion. Last I heard (but I have been out of Catholic school for over 17 years), nuns in a convent don’t ingest sperm, yet their menstrual cycles sync up. So what’s the deal with cohabiting lesbians? –Gordon, Brooklyn, NY
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Whoa. So many opportunities here for…well, I was going to say “tasteless remarks,” but in discussions like this even the most innocuous comment can get you into trouble. So never mind that–and while you’re at it, forget about cohabiting lesbians, sperm ingestion, and nuns. The real news is that menstrual synchrony, first proposed in the world of science more than 30 years ago and now widely accepted as fact, may be nothing but a misperception.
Did that settle matters? Nope. Other researchers suggested there was less going on than met the eye. Among the objections:
