研究：避孕藥使女性更愛陰柔男
Why do some women's hearts race over the feminine features of Orlando Bloom while others are more attracted to macho men like Daniel Craig?
Being on the contraceptive pill could be the reason, according to British scientists.
Researchers said that women whose hormones are chemically controlled are less likely to seek out muscular, rugged men.
Whereas, they say, ovulating women not on the pill "exhibit a preference for more masculine features, are particularly attracted to men showing dominance and male-male competitiveness and prefer partners who are genetically dissimilar to themselves."
Women on the pill tend to pick more effeminate men who look like themselves. This could lead to problems conceiving, according to the study conducted at the University of Sheffield.
"There is evidence that genetic similarity between couples might be linked with infertility," said the study, published in the Trends in Ecology and Evolution medical journal.
The birth control pill could also throw a spanner in the works of the laws of natural attraction as it prevents women giving off monthly fertility signals believed to be subtly alluring to men.
"Ovulation is associated with a profound shift in some female physical characteristics, behaviors and perceptions related to male attraction," the report said.
爲什麼有些女性見到具有陰柔之美的奧蘭多•布魯姆就心跳加速，而另一些則更傾心於丹尼爾•克雷格的陽剛之氣呢？
英國科學家研究認爲，這可能是服用避孕藥造成的。
研究人員稱，激素分泌受化學藥品控制的女性更不會傾慕強健而粗獷的男性。
然而研究人員指出，處於排卵期且未服用避孕藥的女性“更偏愛男子氣概，而且特別傾慕那些表現出控制慾和與同性競爭意識的男性，她們傾向於選擇與自己基因相異的伴侶。”
謝菲爾德大學開展的此項研究表明，服用避孕藥的女性傾向於選擇更具陰柔之美，有女人氣的男性，而這會給懷孕帶來麻煩。
研究報告指出：“有證據表明，伴侶基因相似可能與不育有關。”這項研究成果發表在《生態和進化趨勢》醫學期刊上。
避孕藥還可能擾亂異性間自然吸引的規律，因爲它會阻止女性每月釋放生育信號，而這被認爲可以吸引男性。
報告稱：“女性某些與吸引男性有關的體徵、行爲和感知會發生巨大變化，這與排卵有關。”
Vocabulary:
macho：having or characterized by qualities considered manly, esp. when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way（男子氣概的）
ovulate: to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle（排卵）
effeminate：(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy（柔弱的，女人氣的）
infertility：the persistent inability to conceive a child（不育）
throw a spanner in the works：從中搗亂，阻撓計劃
