PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sexual Orientation, Ovulation
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Androgens, and testosterone in specific, have both organizational effects and activational effects for males. For men, testosterone decreases with age (boo!) resulting in decreased interest in sex, irritability & 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. Strangely enough, homosexuality was thought to be a mental illness, and the solution was to give them more testosterone it just made them want men more . Also suggests (from a psychological view) that we don"t control who we are attracted to . For non-human primates, females only initiate sex activity around ovation, when estradiol and progesterone are high. For humans (and dolphins actually) this is not the case but there still seems to be a link between hormonal levels and sexual desire. Studies of married couples (the placebo or medicine seems to work on married women)
