How Body Fluid Secretions work.

[lilacwoman]

http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/06_sweat.shtml

Interesting link about how body fluids work and how BRSS may be a reality despite it being unpopular with a certain section of the community.
The author seems a bit confused though as he describes stereotypical reactions then says humans don't have stereotypical reactions.
Then the article says the smell of cortisol seems to increase the output of cortisol which clearly means that some component of the odour is being absorbed by the body and modifying the behaviour of it.

The male sweat making women aroused merely confirms what I said about skin contact and it is logical to think the opposite happens as it is well known that men find women's unwashed knickers highly arousing.
As HRT works by altering the body's signals there is the likelyhood of as yet unknown parts of body secretions directly cause as yet unrecognised alterations in the functioning of the opposite sex.

[CaitJ]

"in heterosexual women"

Enuff said.

[Miniar]

which clearly means that some component of the odour is being absorbed by the body and modifying the behaviour of it.

Technically, you're both right and wrong.

In order to "smell" something, the sensory organ that is our nose has to come into contact with an air-born chemical which is then, obviously, within the body.
However, smelling something does not necessarily mean it's the component/chemical is absorbed and causes changes.

Our brains are hard-wired to react to certain stimuli. It may be the hard-wired reaction of the brain to release one chemical once it's become aware of the presence of another. This is what is considered likely in reaction to the smell of another person which is of the sex that which we are physically wired to find sexually desirable, which is what this article is about.

The male sweat making women aroused merely confirms what I said about skin contact and it is logical to think the opposite happens as it is well known that men find women's unwashed knickers highly arousing.

If you're referring to the thread on hormones transferring through bodily fluids, it does not conform your statement, nor does the article refute it.
The article is about the reaction in the heterosexual woman's brain and body in reaction to sensing the smell of a man in the form of sweat. It does not even address physical contact at all.