Dr. Sarah Hill breaks down research on how stopping hormonal birth control affects attraction. About 60% of women notice no change, while 20% feel more attracted to their partner and 20% feel less attracted after quitting the pill.
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And what our research found is that when you look at what happens to people's attraction to their partner after they go off of the pill, we find that for most women, it's like 60% of women report that they don't have any noticeable changes in how attracted they are to their partners. And then 20% report that they're more attracted to their partners, and then 20% report that they're less attracted to their partners. And so what this means is that, be aware, hormones influence attraction. They influence processes related to attraction and partner choice. And know that when you're using hormonal birth control and you choose a partner, it could have the effect of impacting attraction. You know, it just depends on how different your hormones are from the hormones that you're taking. It matters the quality of the relationship. It matters like who you chose as your mate. I mean, there's 100 different variables that influence this, but I would just say understand that this is something that can influence attraction. And that means that when you go off of it, it can influence how you feel about your partner.