STUDY: The pill affects women’s satisfaction with their relationships.

Researchers warn that contraceptives can have an unexpected influence on what women look for in a partner. . . .

The researchers followed 118 newlywed couples over four years, with the women completing regular surveys on their level of satisfaction with their relationship and their use of contraceptives. The researchers, whose work is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also used “trained observers” to rate the men’s facial attractiveness.

They found that women who had been using the pill when they met their husbands and later stopped taking the contraceptives saw a change in how they rated their relationship. Those with attractive husbands became more satisfied while those with less attractive husbands became less satisfied. . . .

Women who changed their use of the pill reported that their relationship became less sexually satisfying regardless of what their partner looked like. . . .

The findings mirror previous research that has indicated that hormonal contraceptives interfere with women’s preference for male body odour and can influence how sexually satisfying they find a relationship.

Gee, I wonder if this has anything to do with divorce.