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BY JESSICA GOODWIN

ANCHOR JIM FLINK

Has that sexy spark fizzled between you and your partner? Or in the words of the wise Carrie Bradshaw- lost that ‘zsa zsa zsu’?  A new study suggests that you may have the contraceptive pill to blame. Researchers from the University of Stirling Scotland found that-

“...Women who use the pill when they meet their partner are less sexually satisfied or attracted to their partners but more satisfied with other aspects of the relationship and so less likely to separate.”

They went on to say-

“Women’s preferences subconsciously change over time so that during non-fertile stages of the menstrual cycle they are more attracted to men who appear more caring and reliable – good dads.”

So the pill doesn’t exactly stifle the spark, but makes you look for a more stable partner. Hosts for Good Day LA think that’s not too bad-

“Your body thinks you’re pregnant so of course you’re going to look for someone who you would think would be a good dad. I think most people assume ‘hey im on the pill, woohoo good times and sex with anybody’ but thats not true, you look for a man who is more stable because your body thinks it’s pregnant.”

“I don’t like that they wrote boring because stability to me is sexy. A man who wants to take care of a child is really exciting and sexy.”
 
So if the pill is controlling what kind of man pushes your buttons, how can you be sure ‘he’s the one’? Dr. Craig Roberts, a researcher from the study, offers this tip.

“Choosing a non-hormonal barrier method of contraception for a few months before getting married might be one way for a woman to check or reassure herself that she’s still attracted to her partner.”

A blogger for Baby Center notes -- this theory doesn’t always hold up.  She says the study neglects a certain unorthodox love test...

“One researcher suggests women who are on birth control put their man to the test by going off the birth control before they get married just to make sure she’s still attracted to him. Sounds like a recipe for a shotgun wedding to me.”
 
But the editor of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care isn’t convinced.  She says the study fails to take into account personality distinctions among pill-users.

“...it was ‘impossible’ to draw any conclusions from the study, simply because women who take the Pill are different from those who don’t.”