Many women say that when they spend a lot of time with other women, usually in the same house, dormitory or environment, their menstrual cycles become synchronized. In fact, this issue has become such a big belief among women that they always talk about how strange this situation is in a chat environment.
This situation is generally among women; It is explained that when you touch a woman who is menstruating, “your pheromones are influenced by each other and align in the same cycle.” But of course, this event has a place and explanation in science. Let’s open this curtain of mystery together:
In science, this phenomenon is also known as the “McClintock effect”. The researcher of this effect is, as can be expected, a woman named Martha Clintock.
To investigate this phenomenon, McClintock examined 135 female college students living together in dormitories in 1971 to see whether their menstrual cycles were synchronized. In fact, before McClintock’s research, there had been no research on this situation in science. This incident, which was taken seriously with the research, has been the subject of many studies from past to present.
The research proceeded by considering exactly when the women started bleeding, rather than when they ovulated. And the results were not surprising at all; Yes, indeed, the results of the research showed that women were telling the truth.
However, current research says the opposite of the McClintock effect.
Nowadays, it is now possible for women to follow their menstrual cycles very easily, thanks to the blessings of technology. So, actually, you can try this situation with your mother, sister or friend. According to data collected from women, this synchronization is actually just an urban legend.
In addition to the data collected; Another study was conducted in a girls’ dormitory in China in 2006. According to the results of 186 women participating in this research; The realization of synchronization is actually based on a mathematical coincidence. In other words, both studies support each other.
Oxford University and the menstrual tracking application company Clue conducted a study on this subject, and it was seen as the most reliable source among all the studies put forward so far. In this research, where more than 1500 women participated, the data; showed that it is impossible for women to synchronize their periods by standing close to each other.
Or do women enter their menstrual cycle according to the phases of the Moon?
Many people have believed for many years that the menstrual cycle is related to the Moon, and there is even some research showing that the phases of the Moon are linked to menstruation and are somehow associated with those phases. According to an old study conducted in 1986, more than 28% of women actually experienced their periods during the lunar cycle.
But of course, as we said, this is an old research, or it could be a mathematical coincidence like the other research done above. If this study were valid today, 1 in 4 women would actually have their period during the lunar cycle. However, this study was later proven to contain no grain of truth.
As the Editor, I added that I was very surprised by this issue, but I really thought that this incident was true. I am sure that one day we will prove the truth of this event! Until that day, we wish you days full of science and health, and would like to remind you that we are eagerly awaiting your thoughts in the comments…
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