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Testosterone and Pair-bonding

Feb 09, 2007 09:52

Burnham et al (2003) found that men in current committed relationships (whether married or unmarried) had 21% lower saliva testosterone levels than single men. Gray et al (2004) confirmed these results, and found that this effect was more pronounced in afternoon and evening samples of testosterone levels than in morning samples. However, it is ( Read more... )

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astrogeek01 February 9 2007, 15:56:59 UTC

Thanks for posting this, I've been curious! :)

differenceblog February 9 2007, 16:02:29 UTC

Yeah, I had seen patrissimo mention the idea a couple of times, but hadn't really read anything about it. I'm completely fascinated by the result that people with lower testosterone are more likely to have girlfriends, but not boyfriends. Sex drive-to-committment connection, maybe? I've heard a couple of married (heterosexual) women mention that their husband's sex drives were too high for comfort, but then again, I've heard a lot more women complain that their husbands drives were too low...

differenceblog February 9 2007, 16:07:30 UTC

Oh, right. I remember you discussed this with Patri in December.

qu_is February 10 2007, 08:56:13 UTC

Thanks for posting this. I'm reading a book at the moment that attempts to cover the studies done on the physiobiology and psycobiology of mostly gay men and women. It doesn't cover much on trans.
It does cover the Burnham study but not Van Anders and Watson (too recent I guess).
( It also includes other studies on testosterone, androgens and androgen receptors among other things. Some interesting primary indications. )

differenceblog February 10 2007, 15:50:28 UTC

Can you tell me the title and author? That sounds interesting!

qu_is February 10 2007, 21:51:42 UTC

Hey. Sure.

'Born Gay: the psychobiology of sex orientation' by Glenn Wilson and Qazi Rahman,
Published by Peter Owen Publishers.(UK) 2005

differenceblog February 10 2007, 22:38:16 UTC

thanks!