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Why: Although the referenced study clearly showed that women who don't use condoms with their sexual partners are less likely to be depressed, it's probably not because they're getting up close and personal with seminal fluid, experts say.
"The study found a correlation, but that does not show causation," says Heathman. "There are many other possible explanations that are more likely to be true. It may be that women engaged in sexual intercourse use fewer condoms when they trust their partners, or maybe they are confident in their alternative methods of contraception. Trusting and confident women are less likely to be depressed."
"Could a single protein or enzyme be manipulated in the future to treat some type of illness?" he asks. "Maybe, but ... trying this 'treatment' could cause a lot more harm than good through sexually transmitted diseases."
Dr. Nicole Prause, sexual psychophysiologist and founder of Liberos LLC in Los Angeles, California,, says she is "very familiar" with this "nightmare study." "To interpret refusing condoms as evidence it 'helps depression' is poor science at its worst," she says. "Data are far more consistent with the interpretation that people who have relationships in which they do not elect to use condoms are, on average, in relationships that are more stable and reinforcing. Social support has always been one of the strongest protectors against depression."
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