His and Her Health

What are everyone thoughts on this?... <P>Since men have appoximately 10 times more testosterone than women do, and based on that alone, men as a group will always have a higher libido than women as a group? <P>While I know there are exceptions within the sexes and among individuals, I'm just asking about generalities.

I agree. On average, men will always have a higher libido than women. There are reasons for it. If you want to mess with nature, it's up to you. But it's time we stopped feeling "dysfunctional" simply because our sex drive isn't as high as a man's sex drive. If you think about it, it's quite silly that all these women are now taking testosterone (I've heard some horror stories about Estratest - beard growth, clitoris growth) to become more like men. It would be like if men started taking estrogen to increase their feminine traits. It's a crazy world we live in.

Francesca/Molly/Moccacina/Flowerpower...<P>You refuse to listen to any reason. Newer readers on this forum please check back on this noticeboard for older messages from forum participants with any of the above names and come to your own conclusions. Note the change of name when the inaccuracies are brought to light. By the way, by way of explanation, two of the above pseudonyms, namely "Moccacina" and "Flowerpower", appear on another website that some of the people on this website also post on.<P>As soon as I find the time, "Francesca"/"Molly"/"Blah-Blah-Basically-It's-All-In-Your-Head-although-I-someimes-like-to-pretend-it-isn't", I might just do a discourse analysis of your posts.That should be revealing.<P> <P><BR><p>[Note: This message has been edited by NEWSHE Moderator]

Sorry, pinky, but this is the only board I've posted on. For your information I disagree with some of Francesca's viewpoint but what's the use in posting since all you do is try to run people off the board when they don't agree with you. Try to be more tolerant of other viewpoints and maybe you'll learn something. Do you believe men and women are meant to have the same level of libido, or do you not? What is your opinion on the matter?

sept, that's an interesting question you raise about the role of T in male vs female libido. I'm curious as well.<P>Francesca, I don't follow your "leap" in linking sept's question with sexual dysfunction.

Flowerpower: so you don't agree with some of Francesca's viewpoint. In what sense do you not agree with her viewpoint?

I'll ask again. Pinky: Do you believe men and women are meant to have the same level of libido, or do you not? What is your opinion on the matter?

flowerpower /molly / marshy / moccacina / francesca<P>This is a classic tactic - never answer any questions - at least not really - keep everyone answering yours.<P>If I were Pinky, I'd demand a full answer before I'd waste my time<P>Cheers,<BR>Greg

Oh geez this is getting to be ridiculous-m/m/m/f/f/<BR>Is it a new physics formula????????????<BR>

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by distressed_12345:<BR><B>This is a classic tactic - never answer any questions - at least not really - keep everyone answering yours.<P>If I were Pinky, I'd demand a full answer before I'd waste my time<P>Cheers,<BR>Greg</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Now that's funny. You have it backwards. I asked Pinky a question relevant to the topic. Pinky ignored the question. Try talking about the topics and leave your personal stuff out of it. So far you've all behaved like children whenever someone posts something you don't like. Why don't you look at the original question posed by sept and make an attempt to respond to it? It's a good topic but for some reason you want to avoid discussing it.<P>(There's a new Kinsey Institute study appearing in the June issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavior you should read.)

Well all I can do is comment on myself. My sex drive is pretty high. If I had time I could have sex every morning, but time does not allow for that.<P>My sex drive is always highest in the morning. So what are weekends for--- some people say Michelobe, I say sex.

You know what...I think that women should have the same sex drive as men. Saying that increased levels of testosterone = increase sex drive in women, and men have higher testosterone than women, therefore men have higher sex drives than women, is flawed logic. Men and women have different mechanisms for processing hormones. We are not physiologically the same and therefore we cannot make leaps of logic like this. I believe that many women are sexually repressed by their culture (whether they realize it or not). Woman are taught that sex is wrong or dirty and that we should only ever have it with one person (our husband). This is a prevalent theme if you watch popular media. However, it is not the theme for men. To go back to an old (or should be old) stereotype...men who sleep around are studs, women are sluts. This does not have a small impact, whether we want it to or not. I know women who have as high, or higher, sex drives than many men...but they are super common. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing in a way. I don't believe that men or women should have multiple partners. However, with this cultural attitude, how can we expect women to have high sex drives within their relationships? Can you tell someone all their lives that sex is bad or something you shouldn't have, then have one ceremony and have all those inhibitions taken away? But no, I don't believe that solving all FSD involves the removal (or addressing) inhibitions. There are physical causes, and I believe that testosterone can help those with low testosterone. What is so hard to understand that if you have lower than normal levels of something, and you increase those levels to normal, and things improve, than the FSD is not in your head? That doesn't mean that there are not inhibitions, but those are things that almost all women have in most cultures. Anyhow, I'm rambling now. Time to stop

background: i'm 20 years old and have been sexually active for 7 months. I've had it all from chronic UTIs, dyspareunia, vaginal tearing, etc...<BR> This board is my therapy. I'll have to admit though, reading posts about women having orgasms through sex makes me depressed, however, what keeps me going is when I read about women who are going through identical experiences as I. Sometimes I just want to give them a hug and say, "I know, me too". For some, these topics are hard to discuss with anyone who isn't personally going through what they're going through. This is probably why I and others reacted to the posts earlier about "it being a crazy world we live in" when women try testosterone therapies. I would be open to try many different things to see if they help me because it is quite stressful on a relationship when the sex drives are drastically different.<BR> I guess to respond to the first topic, I think that since men have a much easier time reaching climax through sex, it would make sense that they would feel like having sex more. I would think it'd be perfectly normal for men to want it more. I think it's a problem when women do not want it at all, dislike it, or simply are turned off to it altogether. That's when I am all for looking for alternate ways to remedy the situation.<BR> Anyway, just thought I'd put my two cents in- this topic was just too tempting,<BR>thanks for the support guys

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jen K:<BR><B>You know what...I think that women should have the same sex drive as men. Saying that increased levels of testosterone = increase sex drive in women, and men have higher testosterone than women, therefore men have higher sex drives than women, is flawed logic. Men and women have different mechanisms for processing hormones. We are not physiologically the same and therefore we cannot make leaps of logic like this. I believe that many women are sexually repressed by their culture (whether they realize it or not). Woman are taught that sex is wrong or dirty and that we should only ever have it with one person (our husband). This is a prevalent theme if you watch popular media. However, it is not the theme for men. To go back to an old (or should be old) stereotype...men who sleep around are studs, women are sluts. This does not have a small impact, whether we want it to or not. I know women who have as high, or higher, sex drives than many men...but they are super common. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing in a way. I don't believe that men or women should have multiple partners. However, with this cultural attitude, how can we expect women to have high sex drives within their relationships? Can you tell someone all their lives that sex is bad or something you shouldn't have, then have one ceremony and have all those inhibitions taken away? But no, I don't believe that solving all FSD involves the removal (or addressing) inhibitions. There are physical causes, and I believe that testosterone can help those with low testosterone. What is so hard to understand that if you have lower than normal levels of something, and you increase those levels to normal, and things improve, than the FSD is not in your head? That doesn't mean that there are not inhibitions, but those are things that almost all women have in most cultures. Anyhow, I'm rambling now. Time to stop</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>

what is the point of posting this again. Seems to be a habit of those f/m posters whoever they are!!!! If I were to change my name everyone would soon pick up on it because of thn9ine and f5ive mistakes I ALWAYS make. You vcan change your name but not attitude or your style. almost 100% of those who post here have started with an intro about themselves and their problems a whole string of posters now are immediately combative and secretive, there is an agenda here somewhere . maybe flowerpot you have something of value to add here bgut why won't you shre info. I* certainly have told my story a thousand times here and no one has figured out my identity, so that can't be the reason.