The influence of oral hormonal contraceptives on female sexual behaviour and mate-choice: the evolutionary perspective
2012
Abstract
In laboratory conditions, the use of oral contraceptives (OC) has been shown to disrupt mate preferences (e.g. for masculinity and genetic dissimilarity) that are considered to be adaptive in naturally cycling women. The consequence of OC influenced mate choice on relationship satisfaction and durability in an ecological context has been extensively debated.
However, there is only limited empirical support for these speculations.The paper contains the summary of studies focused on this topic that have been realized by the group of human ethology (FHS UK) during the last years.