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SoonerCoug · 01-30-2008, 02:26 PM

of cohabitating females synchronize?

I can only infer that this was part of God's plan, and that it has something to do with polygamy.

marsupial · 01-30-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

of cohabitating females synchronize?

I can only infer that this was part of God's plan, and that it has something to do with polygamy.

I don't know but I shared an office with a woman once. We didn't live together but spent 8 hours a day in the same room together. We always started on the same day. It was weird.

Archaea · 01-30-2008, 02:36 PM

I wonder if it is evolution's way of allowing competing females to attract the alpha male at near the same time.

Or is it akin to cattle and horses who seem to ovulate during the same time of the season when they let the bulls or studs out.

Speculation would suggest nature is providing a sensible solution to mating and reproducing, however I've never seen any reasonable data on the matter.

marsupial · 01-30-2008, 02:37 PM

Maybe it's so we can have some others to keep us company in the red tent.

SoonerCoug · 01-30-2008, 02:38 PM

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I don't know but I shared an office with a woman once. We didn't live together but spent 8 hours a day in the same room together. We always started on the same day. It was weird.

It wouldn't happen for no good reason, IMO. It's rare for biology to conserve something so well if it serves no purpose. I suppose it could be a vestige from an ancestral organism, but..

Bonobos do not synchronize, although they are our closest relatives. They actually avoid synchronizing.

So I don't think human menstrual synchronization is a vestige.

marsupial · 01-30-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

It wouldn't happen for no good reason, IMO. It's rare for biology to conserve something so well if it serves no purpose. I suppose it could be a vestige from an ancestral organism, but..

Bonobos do not synchronize, although they are our closest relatives. They actually avoid synchronizing.

So I don't think human menstrual synchronization is a vestige.

I don't remember it ever happening with me and my roommates. But then again, I didn't spend too much time at home and around them.

SoCalCoug · 01-30-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

I don't know but I shared an office with a woman once. We didn't live together but spent 8 hours a day in the same room together. We always started on the same day. It was weird.

How do you know? Is that what women talk about when they go into the bathroom together?

jay santos · 01-30-2008, 04:10 PM

I've always wondered (not that it kept me up at night) if this was really true and scientifically provable or one of those anecdotal/old-wives-tale things.

marsupial · 01-30-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

How do you know? Is that what women talk about when they go into the bathroom together?

It just comes up in conversation. It could be as simple as, "hey, do you have any Advil on you? I'm totally PMsing." "Oh, you too?"

01-30-2008, 02:26 PM	#1
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	Why do menstrual cycles... of cohabitating females synchronize? I can only infer that this was part of God's plan, and that it has something to do with polygamy.

01-30-2008, 02:36 PM	#3
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	I wonder if it is evolution's way of allowing competing females to attract the alpha male at near the same time. Or is it akin to cattle and horses who seem to ovulate during the same time of the season when they let the bulls or studs out. Speculation would suggest nature is providing a sensible solution to mating and reproducing, however I've never seen any reasonable data on the matter. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

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marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	Maybe it's so we can have some others to keep us company in the red tent.

01-30-2008, 04:10 PM	#8
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	I've always wondered (not that it kept me up at night) if this was really true and scientifically provable or one of those anecdotal/old-wives-tale things.