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Why is testosterone associated with divorce in men?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Elizabeth Cashdan
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 elizabeth.cashdan@anthro.utah.edu

Abstract

There is evidence that in women high levels of testosterone are associated with more sexual partners and more permissive sexual attitudes. If a similar relationship holds true for men, the higher basal testosterone levels of divorced and unmarried men may be caused by this relationship rather than by testosterone's effect on dominance striving.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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