Re: High Testosterone in Men and WomenOn Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:57:21 -0500, "Dr. Wayne Simon"
<wayne.simon@comcast,net > wrote:
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>"James Michael Howard" <jmhoward@anthropogeny,com > wrote in message
>news:24i0u211rpg16oi5brclojjnclc2sehjil@4ax,com ...
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>> Horm Behav. 2007 Jan 27; [Epub ahead of print]
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>> Multiple partners are associated with higher testosterone in North
>> American
>> men and women
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>> Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive,
>> Burnaby BC, Canada V5A 1S6.
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>> Previous research has shown that being partnered is associated with
>> lower testosterone (T) in men and women. To address how multiple partners
>> may be associated with T, we examined 47 men and 48 women who were single,
>> monoamorously partnered (partnered), polyamorous (having multiple
>> committed
>> relationships), or in a polyamorous lifestyle but not currently
>> multipartnered. Men who were partnered had lower T than all other men, and
>> polyamorous men had higher T than single men. Polyamorous women had higher
>> T than all other women. Measures of sociosexual orientation (SOI) and
>> sexual desire differed in women by relationship type, but not in men.
>> Findings are interpreted in light of 'competitive' and 'bond-maintenance'
>> relationship orientations and statuses.
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>are the differences in T, the cause of the monogamous pairings, or are the
>pairings what effects the T. Or do you not know at this point?
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I think men and women of lower testosterone are able to participate in long
term relationships because they are more able to control their impulses.
High testosterone reduces impulse control. JMH