Last week I went to a 4 day trip with Chris, founder of EMC pregnancy centers, his wife, brother in low and tow other interns. The trip was very helpful for me because not only I got to know better my new coworkers but I learned a lot about the pro life movement in the states.
We attended a pro life fundraiser in NH, and there I learned how the pro life movement works here in the united states and thanks to the conference given there I realised more deeply that having multiple sexual partners has grave consequences, fiscal and emotional.
We must talk about these consequences and help young women value there body's and make them want to be loved by there personality and character and not by there fiscal aspect.
What I most learned is that having sex is not a passing by thing, the girl releases a special hormone called oxitocine which provokes her to grow closer to that person, so having casual sex with someone you hardly know increases the risk of later developing a feeling of emptiness, depression, promiscuity.... not even mentioning the sexual transmitted diseases and the obvious risk of having an unwanted pregnancy.
the best way to prevent the emotion emptiness, the sexual transmitted diseases and the unwanted pregnancy is by ling Chastity.
By living in chastity you are promoting a healthy lifestyle which not only brings you peace but makes you work on other virtues like respect, honor, and patience. I think we should all committee to this lifestyle and help promote it to others.
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Men have oxytocin as well, though not in the same amounts as women. It is very important for people to learn more about it, as oxytocin is the hormone of both pair bonding and accomplishment. I think a lot of "same sex attraction" is really misunderstanding oxytocin, which is released by various activities, including:
having a great conversation, enjoying a party or making a new friend;
meditation or prayer;
accomplishing a major task;
performing a work of art.
It's where the expression "better than sex" comes from.
However, in its greatest amounts, it is released by sexual intercourse, breastfeeding and childbirth.
The biggest amount is released in childbirth. Studies have indicated that autism has been related to oxytocin levels, and they gave pitocin (the artificial form given to women during childbirth) to autistic children who totally "came out of their shells"--although the huge dose of hormone involved in pitocin is not healthy in long term use.
Oxytocin completes a cycle that begins with the release of dopamine (the body's natural painkiller) and endorphins (the body's natural pleasure).
Similar to autism, ADHD has also been linked to these neurotransmitters, as Ritalin and Adderrall artificially stimulate dopamine and endorphins (so do caffeine, though in a lesser amount, and cocaine, in a much higher amount). Masturbation and looking at an attractive and/or person also trigger dopamine and endorphins but not oxytocin.
It has been shown that artificially triggering dopamine and endorphins over and over without completing the cycle for release of oxytocin (as addicts do, whether their addiction is to drugs or sexual behaviors) can make it harder for the person to have a healthy release of oxytocin, which is why pornography and masturbation undermine a person's ability to have healthy sexual relationships.
For oxytocin to be released in a sex-related act, prolonged contact, an emotional connection, and skin-to-skin contact are all necessary.
And, as you note, oxytocin in sex, childbirth and breastfeeding is designed in huge amounts to trigger a lifelong pairbond.
@ John: Thanks for your longer explanation of oxytocin. I have wanted to learn more about this hormone and will continue to read about it.
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