? for the ladies... Do you find that women in the same house seem to adapt the same cycle?
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This was from my teachers powerpoint presentation:
Menstrual Synchronicity
Women living close together (e.g., college roommates) develop synchronous menstrual cycles
This is thought to be because they release two (as yet uncharacterized) primer pheromones
One prior to ovulation that tends to speed up the onset of ovulation in others
One after ovulation that tends to delay the onset of ovulation in other women
Pheromones
Both pheromones are released from the armpits
Not detected consciously as odors, but presumably trigger the hormonal changes that mediate the menstrual cycle
All I have is personal experience, but in high school I got my period the same day as my mom. Then I moved into the dorms and within a few months my roommate and I were in sync. After that I moved into an apartment with a new roommate, and the same thing happened, within a few months we would start on the same day. So from my experience I would say yes, women in the same house adapt to the same cycle.
I know im not a woman but. I remember learning about how women in the same household adapt to have their cycles together over time. Unfortuantely i do not remember the scientific reason and i cant find it by searching. Hope this helps.
Yup it's definitely true. Women living in close quarters together will synchronize their cycles.
I have noticed that. Yes. You start out with different dates/cycles then after a while of living together your cycles catch up to one another and hit within days of each other.
I don't think it has anything to do w/the moon. If it was the moon our periods would cycle the same no matter if we lived in the same household or not.
I'm more inclined to think it has something to do with exchanging energy - chemical reactions in response to sensing each others premenstrual tension (emotional/chemical or physical changes).
Or maybe it's part of our instinctual mechanisms- Competitive fertility (a factor of natural selection - survival of the fittest law)
I'd be curious to know if there's is a proven cause for this phenomenon.
Yes they do and the reason for this in the social setting is so there is less chance that they will be impregnated by the same guy. If all the women in the household ovulated at different times it would be easy for the dominant male to go from one to the other to the other when they're wet and be the father of all their babies, which is not good for genetic diversity. When women ovulate at the same time they are more likely to pair up with different males.
Yes this does happen and not only living in a house, but I have found it happens around the office as well. In my office several of us who work close together have found we are on the same cycle.
personally I feel thisis true my twin and I get are period on the same day and if we dont I always get itthe day after she originally gets hers I dont think theres any evidence leading to this but due to my answer and the others I believe its true but if you find out Id really like to know god bless
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