Are Sexual Desire and Sociosexual Orientation Related to Men's Salivary Steroid Hormones?
Julia SternKonstantina KarastoyanovaMichal KandrikJaimie TorranceAmanda C HahnIris HolzleitnerLisa M DeBruineBenedict C JonesPublished in: Adaptive human behavior and physiology (2020)
Our results support a Dual Hormone account of men's sociosexuality, in which the combined effects of testosterone and cortisol predict the extent of men's interest in casual sex. However, we did not detect compelling evidence for an association of within-subject hormone shifts and sexual desire or sociosexual orientation.