Study reveals having more s*x makes men more religious

Educative: Researchers have claim that having sex influences spirituality and belief or increased belief in God and religion. According to a research, carried out by researchers at Duke University, in North Carolina, it says sex releases a ‘love hormone’ oxytocin that not only promotes social bonding, altruism but also inspire divinity, especially in men.

The study published this week on oxytocin a hormone which is often stimulated during sex, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

Oxytocin also comes in medication form and is often used to help pregnant women in labour.

In the study, men reported a greater sense of spirituality briefly after taking oxytocin and their feelings continued a week later.

According to a news website for the University, Duke Today, lead author Patty Van Cappellen, a social psychologist at the American University, said:

‘Spirituality and meditation have each been linked to health and well-being in previous research.

‘We were interested in understanding biological factors that may enhance those spiritual experiences.

‘Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.’

To test the chemical reaction in men, some group of men were given the hormone whilst others took a placebo.
The group of men who got a dose of the ‘Oxytocin’ were more likely to say that spirituality was an important part of their lives, and not all of them had previously claim that faith was a part of their lives.
The men also expressed a feeling of unity with other people and living things.

Oxytocin, seems to stimulates more positive emotions, such as awe, gratitude, hope, inspiration, love, and serenity but doesn't influence everyone equally as those with a certain gene, called CD38 and which regulates its release in the brain, had a much more amplified response to the love hormone.

According to the study, which was published in the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, women produce more oxytocin then men, but its effects on female godliness has not been tested.

Dr Van Cappellen said that a new study needs to be conducted with women as the chemical operates differently between genders.

  ‘Spirituality is complex and affected by many factors, she said.

‘However, oxytocin does seem to affect how we perceive the world and what we believe.

‘Oxytocin’s effects on women’s spirituality still needs to be investigated.’

Source– DailyMail.co.uk