PSYA02H3 Lecture 11: Psychology Lecture 11 Notes.docx
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Sexual hormones & behaviour for men: androgens, and testosterone in specific, have both organizational effects and, for men, testosterone decreases with age resulting in decreased interest in sex, activational effects for males irritability, and depression, giving men testosterone increases sexual interest and ability (and aggression) though placebos do so too somewhat, affects sexual motivation, but not orientation homosexual men given testosterone will want more homosexual sex. Sexual hormones & behaviour for women: for non human primates, females only initiate sexual activity around ovulation, when estradiol and progesterone are high, for humans (and dolphins and bonobo chimps actually) this is not the case but there still seems to be a link between hormone levels and sexual desire, studies of married couples, weird exotic dancer study strippers make more tips when they reach the stage of their menstrual cycle when they are most fertile and most ready to be impregnated because they give off pheromones and they perform better.
