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Az androgén hormonok a nők szexuális viselkedését is befolyásolják. Hatásuk van a hüvely szöveteinek élettanára és a nemi izgalom kialakulására.<ref name="pmid12007897">{{cite journal | vauthors = Traish AM, Kim N, Min K, Munarriz R, Goldstein I | title = Role of androgens in female genital sexual arousal: receptor expression, structure, and function | journal = Fertility and Sterility | volume = 77 Suppl 4 | issue = | pages = S11–8 | date = Apr 2002 | pmid = 12007897 | doi = 10.1016/s0015-0282(02)02978-3 }}</ref> Szexuális aktivitás során a nyálban mért tesztoszteron-koncentráció magasabb volt, mint más fizikai tevékenység esetén.<ref name="pmid17320881">{{cite journal | vauthors = van Anders SM, Hamilton LD, Schmidt N, Watson NV | title = Associations between testosterone secretion and sexual activity in women | journal = Hormones and Behavior | volume = 51 | issue = 4 | pages = 477–82 | date = Apr 2007 | pmid = 17320881 | doi = 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.003 | hdl = 2027.42/83880 }}</ref> Tesztoszterontapasszal egyes esetekben javítani lehet a női szexuális izgalom zavarain és az alacsony libidón, de erre a célra engedélyezett gyógyszer nem áll rendelkezésre. A kezelés során ügyelni kell a megfelelő ösztrogénszintre is.<ref name="Bolour_2005">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bolour S, Braunstein G | title = Testosterone therapy in women: a review | journal = International Journal of Impotence Research | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 399–408 | year = 2005 | pmid = 15889125 | doi = 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901334 }}</ref>
====Romantic relationshipsPárkapcsolat====
A szerelmes férfiak tesztoszteronszintje csökken, míg a nőké megnövekszik; ennek oka feltehetően az, hogy a nemek viselkedése eltérő a párkeresési és a párkapcsolati szakaszban.<ref name="pmid15177709">{{cite journal | vauthors = Marazziti D, Canale D | title = Hormonal changes when falling in love | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 29 | issue = 7 | pages = 931–36 | date = Aug 2004 | pmid = 15177709 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006 }}</ref> A "rózsaszín köd" elmúlásakor azonban
[[Falling - inkb love]]négy decreasesévnyi men'skapcsolat testosteroneután levels- whileez increasinga women'shatás testosteronemár levels.nem Therefigyelhető has been speculation that these changes in testosterone result in the temporary reduction of differences in behavior between the sexesmeg.<ref name="pmid15177709">{{cite journal | vauthors = Marazziti D, Canale D | title = Hormonal changes when falling in love | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 29 | issue = 7 | pages = 931–36 | date = Aug 2004 | pmid = 15177709 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006 }}</ref> However,Kutatások itszerint isa suggestedpárkapcsolatban thatvagy afterházasságban theférfiaknak "honeymoon phase" ends—about four years intoalacsonyabb a relationship—this change in testosterone levels is no longer apparenthorminszintje.<ref name="pmid15177709" /> Men who produce less testosterone are more likely to be in a relationship<ref name="pmid16621328">{{cite journal | vauthors = van Anders SM, Watson NV | title = Relationship status and testosterone in North American heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: cross-sectional and longitudinal data | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 31 | issue = 6 | pages = 715–23 | date = Jul 2006 | pmid = 16621328 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.01.008 | hdl = 2027.42/83924 }}</ref> or married,<ref name = "Booth_Dabbs_1993"/> and men who produce more testosterone are more likely to divorce;<ref name = "Booth_Dabbs_1993">{{cite journal | vauthors = Booth A, Dabbs JM|title=Testosterone and Men's Marriages | journal = Social Forces | year = 1993 | volume = 72 | issue = 2 | pages = 463–77 | doi = 10.1093/sf/72.2.463}}</ref> however, causality cannot be determined in this correlation. Marriage or commitment could cause a decrease in testosterone levels.<ref name=Mazur_Michalek_1998>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mazur A, Michalek J | title = Marriage, Divorce, and Male Testosterone | journal = Social Forces | year = 1998 | volume = 77 | issue = 1 | pages = 315–30 | doi = 10.1093/sf/77.1.315 }}</ref> Azok az egyedülálló férfiak, akiknek korábban volt már barátnőjük, nagyobb hormonkoncentrációval rendelkeznek, mint azok, akiknek nem volt ilyen tapasztalatuk.<ref name=Gray_2004>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gray PB, Chapman JF, Burnham TC, McIntyre MH, Lipson SF, Ellison PT | title = Human male pair bonding and testosterone | journal = Human Nature | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 119–31 | date = Jun 2004 | pmid = 26190409 | doi = 10.1007/s12110-004-1016-6 }}</ref> A magas hormonszintű házas férfiak nagyobb eséllyel csalják meg házastársukat.<ref name=Booth_Dabbs_1993/>
Single men who have not had relationship experience have lower testosterone levels than single men with experience. It is suggested that these single men with prior experience are in a more competitive state than their non-experienced counterparts.<ref name=Gray_2004>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gray PB, Chapman JF, Burnham TC, McIntyre MH, Lipson SF, Ellison PT | title = Human male pair bonding and testosterone | journal = Human Nature | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 119–31 | date = Jun 2004 | pmid = 26190409 | doi = 10.1007/s12110-004-1016-6 }}</ref> Married men who engage in bond-maintenance activities such as spending the day with their spouse and/or child have no different testosterone levels compared to times when they do not engage in such activities. Collectively, these results suggest that the presence of competitive activities rather than bond-maintenance activities are more relevant to changes in testosterone levels.<ref name="pmid15219639">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gray PB, Campbell BC, Marlowe FW, Lipson SF, Ellison PT | title = Social variables predict between-subject but not day-to-day variation in the testosterone of US men | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 29 | issue = 9 | pages = 1153–62 | date = Oct 2004 | pmid = 15219639 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.01.008 }}</ref>
Men who produce more testosterone are more likely to engage in extramarital sex.<ref name=Booth_Dabbs_1993/> Testosterone levels do not rely on physical presence of a partner; testosterone levels of men engaging in same-city and long-distance relationships are similar.<ref name="pmid16621328" /> Physical presence may be required for women who are in relationships for the testosterone–partner interaction, where same-city partnered women have lower testosterone levels than long-distance partnered women.<ref name="pmid17196592">{{cite journal | vauthors = van Anders SM, Watson NV | title = Testosterone levels in women and men who are single, in long-distance relationships, or same-city relationships | journal = Hormones and Behavior | volume = 51 | issue = 2 | pages = 286–91 | date = Feb 2007 | pmid = 17196592 | doi = 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.11.005 }}</ref>
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