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  2. Sex differences in human physiology - Wikipedia

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    In the first decade of human life, there is a significant amount of overlap between children of both sexes. The gradual growth in sex difference throughout a person's life is a product of various hormones. Testosterone is the major active hormone in male development while estrogen is the dominant female hormone. These hormones are not, however ...

  3. Oxytocin - Wikipedia

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    Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. [4] Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it plays roles in behavior that include social bonding, love, reproduction, childbirth, and the period after childbirth.

  4. Biology of romantic love - Wikipedia

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    The biology of romantic love has been explored by such biological sciences as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology and neuroscience.Specific chemical substances such as oxytocin and dopamine are studied in the context of their roles in producing human experiences, emotions and behaviors that are associated with romantic love.

  5. Effects of hormones on sexual motivation - Wikipedia

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    Women with PCOS actually experience an improvement in sexual desire following treatment of their condition, likely due improved psychological functioning (e.g., body image). [28] Sexual desire is not decreased in women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) relative to unaffected women in spite of a completely non-functional ...

  6. Human sexuality - Wikipedia

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    Sexual dysfunction affects both men and women. There are four major categories of sexual problems in women: desire disorders, arousal disorders, orgasmic disorders, and sexual pain disorders. [16] [page needed] Sexual desire disorder occurs when an individual lacks sexual desire because of hormonal changes, depression, and pregnancy. Arousal ...

  7. TODAY/AOL 'Ideal to Real' body image survey results

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    Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Ange…

  8. Prom dress shopping as a plus-size teen can exacerbate body ...

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    "Being a plus-size young woman, it's really hard to find clothes in general, let alone prom dresses," says Tylilah Williams.

  9. Libido - Wikipedia

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    Testosterone is one of the hormones controlling libido in human beings. Emerging research [53] is showing that hormonal contraception methods like oral contraceptive pills (which rely on estrogen and progesterone together) are causing low libido in females by elevating levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). SHBG binds to sex hormones ...