Sex News

February, 1978

Fun in the SunOur grandparents made love in total darkness. Every now and then. At least one of them didn't enjoy it. The reason: Sunlight and sex are closely related. Dr. Russel J. Reiter of the University of Texas Health Service Center at San Antonio has studied the effect of darkness on the pineal gland, a tiny but important organ that controls our sexual behavior. The gland is able to detect differences in light. When kept in the dark, it produces an antisex hormone that inhibits the reprodu...