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Menstrual synchronization

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A phenomenon that occurs when two or more menstruating women live together, in which the menstrual cycles of the women gradually become synchronized.

The mechanism and reason for this effect is unknown, although current research lays it to the effects of female pheromones on other women's ovulation cycles

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