http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/08/men.s...reut/index.html

 

Okay, confirm or deny all you want, it's been confirmed

I'd imagine the "repulsive" part of sweat has much more to do with the fact that it's a haven for bacteria, and if you don't do anything about it, they're going to be explusing waste by products on your unclean body which creates a not so pleasant smell.

It only stinks once it's dried and set

Sweat in this case would be an aphrodisiac, not a fetish. Even if it causes arousal, the arousal is not directed at the sweat, but at the person who's sweating.

Edited February 9, 200718 yr by Pop

I sweat when I see women.

 

Winner!

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Sweat in this case would be an aphrodisiac, not a fetish. Even if it causes arousal, the arousal is not directed at the sweat, but at the person who's sweating.

A fetish is something that is needed for arousal. Not something that is 'a turn on' or 'causes arousal'. Leather for example smells reeeeeeeeally nice, just because it makes someone 'tingle' doesn't mean they have a fetish for it.

Edited February 9, 200718 yr by Purgatorio

I sweat when I see women.

 

Winner!

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think they meant sweaty hands when they wrote that article.

 

And sweat.. Geez, I remember when I was a member of ACC (Academic Computer Club) at my university. They had this club room full of old Sun computers that the university had donated, and the entire room was saturated with a sour sweat stench of the nerds that sat in that room 16 hours per day. It was impossible to be in that room for more than a minute at a time. The mega nerd (every club has one) had an aggressive stench that attacked your nostrils a full five meters before he actually walked past you.

 

One funny thing though: They had a Coca Cola vending machine outside the club room. That vending machine had a plaque on it (placed there by Coca Cola) that said: Sweden's third most selling vending machine. The nerds drank so much Coca Cola that they actually won a prize for it!

Yes, the solid, bacteria infested sweat is the suck. I don't really think I stink immediately after playing a sport. But if I go to bed without showering, the aroma is less than pleasing.

I do know that women prefer a guy who's been working out. BUt I don't think that's the sweat so much.

Working out itself I believe is an aphrodisiac.

 

Or maybe it's just all the sweaty men?

And sweat.. Geez, I remember when I was a member of ACC (Academic Computer Club) at my university. They had this club room full of old Sun computers that the university had donated, and the entire room was saturated with a sour sweat stench of the nerds that sat in that room 16 hours per day. It was impossible to be in that room for more than a minute at a time. The mega nerd (every club has one) had an aggressive stench that attacked your nostrils a full five meters before he actually walked past you.

 

That reminds me of a particular tv production student at my old university. You could tell he was in the computer lab before you got there because you could smell him way down the hall.

 

Once it gets that bad it has the opposite effect, and not just on women, also men, children, animals, extraterrestrial life...

"The mega nerd (every club has one) had an aggressive stench that attacked your nostrils a full five meters before he actually walked past you."

 

How rude! You never side hi to me. :sad:

I sweat when I see women.

 

Winner!

 

Well said.

 

Everything I know about women tells me yes, yes they do.

Wait a minute...this is something unknown? Aren't pheromones released through sweat or something? One of the reasons we have pubic hair is so our "scent" can be "trapped" and eminate to attract mates, is that not basically the gist of it?

Edited February 9, 200718 yr by Arkan

It's also believed that pubic hair is there to reduce the friction of baby-making.

I'm very hairy and my skin is pale white, almost greenish and I'm also a bit chunky.

If any woman would be attracted by me sweating my first thought would be that there is something seriously wrong with her...

IIRC, the scent of a persons sweat is directly related to the food that person has eaten. Some cause a stronger more unpleasant scent while others mitigate the scent.

IIRC, the scent of a persons sweat is directly related to the food that person has eaten. Some cause a stronger more unpleasant scent while others mitigate the scent.

 

 

 

Right, this attraction is probaly quite similiar to the reaction a dog has after smelling another dog's ass.

IIRC, the scent of a persons sweat is directly related to the food that person has eaten. Some cause a stronger more unpleasant scent while others mitigate the scent.

 

 

 

Right, this attraction is probaly quite similiar to the reaction a dog has after smelling another dog's ass.

 

Similar smell too.

If any woman would be attracted by me sweating my first thought would be that there is something seriously wrong with her...

Eh, I wouldn't be too surprised if I were you, where attraction is concerned you can always rely on people having odd little quirks, like me and girls with lazy eyes.

Edited February 9, 200718 yr by Tel Aviv

Similar smell too.

 

 

Only if your fat and only sweet when moving towards the fridge, Astrocreep

Food/drink definitely affects the smell and taste of sweat, but I'm not sure it affects the hormonal aspect the article is talking about.

 

I definitely prefer the way hubby smells a few hours after a shower, not right after - assuming he spends those hours doing mellow things rather than strenuous physical activity like cleaning an outhouse or something.

I find smells irrelevant because I don't have a sense of smell.