LIKE MY BODY ODOR , LIKE MY POLITICS
A new study reveals
that people find the smell of others with similar political opinions to be
attractive, suggesting that one of the reasons why so many spouses share
similar political views is because they were initially and subconsciously
attracted to each other's body odor.
During the study, 146
participants rated the attractiveness of the body odor of unknown strong liberals
and strong conservatives, without ever seeing the individuals whose smells they
were evaluating.
"People could not
predict the political ideology of others by smell if you asked them, but they
differentially found the smell of those who aligned with them more attractive.
So I believe smell conveys important information about long-term affinity in
political ideology that becomes incorporated into a key component of
subconscious attraction," said Dr. Rose McDermott, lead author of the American
Journal of Political Science study.
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