WS More or Less: Menstrual Syncing
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - September 05, 2016 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.58 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It is a commonly held belief that if women spend enough time together, their bodies start to communicate through chemical signals, known as pheromones. Eventually the women’s bodies will start to menstruate at the same time.
But where does this idea come from? And is it really true? We look at the evidence and wonder – could it be down to chance?