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It has been to some degree, although not with the correct stated purpose always. As a younger male, conquering fears, learning to enjoy that time with peers does release calming endorphins which help you relax with the situation even more.
Also is has been proven that teams that all get dressed together, eat together, and shower together will start to associate those times with calm before a storm, i.e. relax before the big game. It trains your body when to relax and when to start producing more testosterone to meet the adrenaline needs of the upcoming game and then the nudity and shower after the game tells your body to calm down and go into repair mode, purge the acids from your muscles and joints, and maximize the benefits of your upcoming rest.
Hasn't this "love drug" been around for a long time in the form of MDMA (ecstacy)?A number of reports show that oxytocin and vasopressin are connected to emotional bonding processes in males. When guys do things together that they enjoy sexually (watching porn, sports, jerking off, sucking off) each guy produces increased levels of the two hormones. The impact of these shared hormonal events can cause each actor to experience warm feelings toward the other actors and to the process itself. So if you are gay or straight, you may still end up with a warm & fuzzy feeling after participating (even if just checking another guy out) due to the chemical impact of the hormones. This hormonal experience, which produces trust and attraction, could easily be misinterpreted as gay attraction.
Based on some research males produce bonding hormones in a cycle that may do more to connect male to male than male to female.
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Also see:
Arms expert warns new mind drugs eyed by military
Other agents being developed, said Dando, include oxytocin, dubbed the "love and cuddle" chemical which induces trust and whose emergence "opens up the possibility of a drug that could be used to manipulate people's emotions in a military context."
(They now have oxytocin in a nasal spray or could spray it into room full of guys to promote warm, fuzzy, sexy feelings)
[FONT="]Arms expert warns new mind drugs eyed by military | Reuters[/FONT]
Hasn't this "love drug" been around for a long time in the form of MDMA (ecstacy)?
I know nothing about vasopressin except what Wikipedia tells me. What role does vasopressin play with empathy and bonding?MDMA appears to increase oxytocin levels in test subjects blood levels but MDMA is its own animal. After several reviews of MDMA I could find no connection or reference to vasopressin.
See: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275795.php?page=1
I know nothing about vasopressin except what Wikipedia tells me. What role does vasopressin play with empathy and bonding?