避孕藥真的僅僅是避孕嗎?

The most obvious effect of birth control pills is, h control. But the pill may have subtler effects, too. Like influencing which guy a woman goes for, and her satisfaction with him—in bed and out. So says a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

避孕藥最顯著的效果是……呃……避孕，但是《英國皇家學會會報B》聲稱，避孕藥對女性還有一些微妙的影響，比如，改變女人的中意對象，影響女人在牀上和在日常生活中對男人的滿意度。

Researchers quizzed 2,500 mothers on their relationship satisfaction. And they found that women who met Mr. Right while on the pill were happier with their partner's "daddy credentials"—finances, intelligence and so on. But the same women were less satisfied in the sack than non-pill-takers, rating their mates as less sexually adventurous or attractive.

研究者調查了2500位母親對於性關係的滿足感，結果發現，服用避孕藥的女性對其伴侶的“父親資質”（包括經濟狀況、智力等等）更加滿意，可是與沒服藥的女性相比，她們認爲，另一半在牀上既不奔放也不迷人，因而對性生活比較失望。

So why the sizzle fizzle? Previous studies suggest women are attracted to men genetically different from themselves—which ups the odds of a healthy kid—but on birth control, the opposite seems true. So the authors say the pill might interfere with a woman's innate sense of sexual chemistry.

爲什麼這種熱情會降溫呢？之前的研究表明，從基因方面來說，女人對與己有很大差別的男人有好感，這可以讓女人生出更健康的寶寶，但是從節育方面來說，反之亦然。所以研究者表示，避孕藥會干擾女人擇偶的先天感知力。

But the pill has its perks. Women stayed together longer with partners they met while on the pill, and were less likely to want a separation. Either way, this study suggests the pill is more than just birth control. It could be boyfriend control, too.

然而，避孕藥還是有好處的。使用避孕藥後，女人想與伴侶膩在一起的時間更長，不願分離。總之，這個研究告訴我們，避孕藥不僅具有避孕功效，還可以維繫一段戀愛關係。