Women are less seduced by stressful work

Finding a lover is a challenge for women who take a stressful job, because their bodies produce a lot of cortisol, a substance that makes them less attractive to men.

Dr. Markus Rantala, a biologist at the University of Turku in Finland, and his colleagues vaccinated 52 Latvian women to prevent hepatitis B. The average age of these women is 20, Telegraph reported.

They then took blood samples from women to determine their immunity and cortisol levels - a hormone.

Cortisol plays many roles in the body, including controlling the immune system and supporting metabolism. The body produces cortisol when people are in a state of stress or anxiety.

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The research team asked 18 male students to view photos of each woman in the group and evaluate the attractiveness of each face in the picture.

The results showed that women with attractive reviews had lower cortisol levels than others. The team did not detect the relationship between the level of attractiveness of women and their immunity.

In addition, the body of 'attractive' women also contains an ideal amount of fat, meaning not too much but not too little.

Perhaps this is bad news for women who are undertaking stressful jobs and seeking love.

"We can say that low cortisol levels are a sign that women are in good health," Rantala said.

Many previous studies have shown that men become more attractive if their lives are not stressful and their immunity is high. However, one study showed that men's cortisol levels increased if they were exposed to beautiful girls.