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TIL that testosterone in men drives courtship behaviors (approaching potential sexual partners / flirting etc.), but not sexual desire. I had always assumed that fluctuations in the latter correlated with testosterone levels

TIL that testosterone in men drives courtship behaviors (approaching potential sexual partners / flirting etc.), but not sexual desire. I had always assumed that fluctuations in the latter correlated with testosterone levels

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1508

So testosterone, at least in this case, drives agency. You want something equally either way, but your T affects whether you do anything about it.

Probably nothing:

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So more frustrated needs in the male collective future? Steady sexual desires but decreasing ability / motivation to act (consensually, and hopefully only that) on them

So testosterone, at least in this case, drives agency. You want something equally either way, but your T affects whether you do anything about it.

Probably nothing:
https://www.urologytimes.com/view/testosterone-levels-show-steady-decrease-among-young-us-men

It's intense - imagine having teenager-level libido with adult-level duties.

I guess it depends on the dose. I have some friends who do TRT and steroid-level TST loads and basically all of them say that their sexual desire goes through the roof

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That’s my understanding of the paper, yes

Is this saying that T doesn't libido essentially?

Melatonin. There’s been a marketing-driven race to macro dosing — you’ll commonly find 10 or 12 mg pills, which is 40 times the likely effective dosage. At best it’s wasteful, at worst it’s counterproductive in inducing the desired effects

Interesting that we actually cure lack of sexual desire with testosterone, meaning the cure has no proven effect. What else do we cure based on incorrect assumption like this one?

so testosterone is the wingman, not the romantic?