Gay bomb
The "gay bomb" (informally known) refers to a non-lethal psychochemical weapon concept that was speculated upon by a research laboratory within the United States Air Force. This unconventional idea involved the dispersion of sex pheromones over enemy forces, with the intent of generating mutual sexual attraction among them causing mass confusion and panic within their platoons.
Dating back to 1994, the
Background
No well-controlled scientific studies have ever been published suggesting the possibility of pheromones causing rapid behavioral changes in humans.[1]
Some body spray advertisers claim that their products contain human sexual
Despite these claims, no pheromonal substance has ever been demonstrated to directly influence human behavior in a peer reviewed study.[1][2][3]
Using a brain imaging technique, Swedish researchers have shown that when
Leaked documents
In both of the documents, the possibility was canvassed that a strong
Body odors
Ig Nobel Prize awards
Wright Laboratory won the satiric 2007 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for "instigating research & development on a chemical weapon—the so-called 'gay bomb'—that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other."[9]
See also
- 30 Rock, a sitcom which featured a working gay bomb in the episode "Cooter".
- Bremelanotide, the only known synthetic aphrodisiac
- Brickleberry, a sitcom whose sixth episode, "Gay Bomb", involves a gay bomb.
- Frey effect(science)
- Human sex pheromones
- Misattribution of arousal
- The Alex Jones Show talks about how Atrazine runoff is the equivalent of a gay bomb by causing the endocrine system of amphibians to alter their gender (see: LGBT chemicals conspiracy theory)
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-521-48526-6. p. 298 Quoting Preti & Weski (1999) "No peer reviewed data supporting the presences of ... human ... pheromones that cause rapid behavioral changes, such as attraction and/or copulationhave been documented."
- ^ S2CID 37400635.
- ISBN 978-0-7817-6003-4.
neuroscience exploring the brain.
p. 264 ... there has not yet been any hard evidence for human pheromones that might [change] sexual attraction (for members of either sex) [naturally] - PMID 15883379.
- PMID 16705035.
- ^ Wade, N. "Gay Men are found to have Different Scent of Attraction." NY Times, 9 May 2005
- ^ "Houston Voice Blog". 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Alt URL
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize". Improbable Research. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
References
- "Harassing, Annoying, and 'Bad Guy' Identifying Chemicals" (PDF). Sunshine Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- Smith, Michael (15 January 2005). "Pentagon planned love bomb". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
- "US military pondered love not war". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2007.
- Bransten, Jeremy (30 January 2007). "U.S.: Pentagon Unveils The Next Generation of Nonlethal Weapons". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 16 June 2007.
- Bernard, Jerome (16 June 2007). "Pentagon once mulled 'gay bomb' to promote love not war". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- "Ig Nobel awards celebrate the sillier side of science". CNN. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
External links
- Simpson, Mark (13 June 2007). "Armed and Amorous". The Guardian. UK.
- US military planned 'gay bomb'
- Air force looked at spray to turn enemy gay
- Air Force Considered Gay 'Love Bomb' Against Enemies
- US Military "Gay Bomb" Video (Republican National Convention blog)