This NY Times article talks about the effects of blocking the hormone oxytocin in humans...
“If we give an oxytocin blocker to female voles, they become like 95 percent of other mammal species...They will not bond no matter how many times they mate with a male or hard how he tries to bond."
So essentially, you'd mate, but you wouldn't feel romantic attachment toward your mate or even feel bad about moving on to the next partner.
If you had the option to block oxytocin and remove romantic love from your life, would you?
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No way, that's what makes being human meaningful.
I suppose... at one point in my life I would have. Can't say yeah or nay about it as I just don't know. I am already a less emotional person than the rest. Things just don't effect me like they effect other people at times when I know that it should...
NEVER!
No, I think love is essential to our humanity. If we start allowing people to avoid love, what will become of us?
There's plenty of folks who already have the capability of mating without normal bonding. They just suppress their feelings and minimize emotional situations.
We don't need a chemical inhibitor to keep us from loving. We do that just fine on our own as it is, unfortunately.
never...
think about this... the love that is being blocked may not be just love between 2 persons... it may also kill the love between family and friends... which can cause a huge problem...
No way.
Why not? I've given up on romance for the time being so it sounds like a deal to me. I'd like to bash romance with a shovel. I'm sure I'll change my mind as the clock ticks...
"Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
I would much rather take the ups and downs of romance than commit myself to the perpetual gray of nothing.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Just because I've been unlucky so far in my endeavor to find that love that lasts forever doesn't mean that I would want to block out that feeling. It's the ability to get close to another human being and feel needed and wanted that makes it worthwhile...because when you find that person, you want to be able to be completely vulnerable because you KNOW they are truly there for you.
Yes.
that thing should be illegal.
never, it seperates us from every other animal in the world.
And besides love hurts alot.. i know, but the feeling of being in love makes up for it in the end.
noo, i think that's inhuman, as it may very well block attachments of the friendly sort as well.
Absolutely, 100%, bring it on.
No. I think there are women and men out there that can separate themselves from the emotional side of sex as it is, but to take that option away completely?? It's one thing to decide to not get attched and to have the ability to decide to not get attached...but, I wanna fall in love and get be happy-go-lucky w/the man of my dreams!! While that might seem silly and fairy tale-ish, I def want to have that connection and be very romantically involved w/my SO.
I wouldn't do that. I'm not that kind of person.
Oh, hell no. It's worth every minute of pain and heartache to be with the one who's meant for you. Seriously. No freakin' way.
-Katie
Maybe temporarily. I wouldn't want to do anything permanent. When I think about it, I think it's more rejection I'm tired of than love itself. I wish there was a way to prevent myself from falling for guys who would never fall for me rather than prevent myself from falling for them at all.
No..
never...
No, that would take away what it means to be human.
Why take away something so natural and beautiful?
Um yea, I don't think so! Why don't you just shut off my emotions and taste buds while you're at it? Full sensory deprevation!