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Tech Billionaire Proposes Oxytocin Doping to Prevent Divorce, Sparking Backlash
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News18•16-10-2026, 12:15
Tech Billionaire Proposes Oxytocin Doping to Prevent Divorce, Sparking Backlash
- •Tech billionaire Palmer Luckey suggested using oxytocin to help struggling couples stay together, describing divorce as a tragedy.
- •Lawyer and activist Cheyenne Hunt criticized the proposal on social media, calling it a radical idea that threatens women autonomy and forces them to bond with husbands.
- •Luckey dismissed Hunt's criticism as crazy, while failing to clarify how consent or administration would work for the proposed hormone use.
- •Scientific research indicates that human pair bonding is highly complex, and studies have not proven that oxytocin alone can keep marriages together or force love.
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Palmer Luckey suggested using oxytocin as a form of "doping" to help couples who struggle to bond stay together, describing divorce as a "tragedy".
Activist and lawyer Cheyenne Hunt criticized Luckey's proposal on X, accusing him of supporting a radical agenda that threatens women's autonomy and forces them to bond with their husbands.
Scientific research suggests human bonding is more complex than oxytocin alone, with a 2020 review showing mixed results and a 2023 study indicating that prairie voles without oxytocin receptors could still form pair bonds.
