Male Sexual - Hormone - Part I

External male sexual development begins in the fetal stage inside the womb.
After birth, the male sexual organs develop very slowly due to low androgen levels.
However, even in young boys, androgens play a rule in ‘masculinizing’ the brain to influence boys to behave like boys, and to prefer more male-oriented activities and toys.

And they do enable young boys to have spontaneous erections.

By the time of adolescence, a boys upbringing would have shaped his masculine role and preferences, while the hormonal changes of puberty would have reinforced his external male characteristics (facial and body hair, voice change, testicular and penile growth, etc) and masculine behaviour.

Spontaneous nocturnal and morning erections (due to the testosterone surge and sexy dreams) and daytime erections (due to sexy thoughts, pictures or movie) become frequent.

Wet dream and sexual ‘exploration’ and ‘adventure’ are common as the testosterone surges to prepare him for the biological function of finding a mate, mating and becoming a father and protector of the family.

So, it is not surprising that testosterone not only causes male sexual development and male sexual behavior, but also, aggressiveness.

However, the effects of hormones on sexual preference is complicated and poorly understood, because many macho men loaded with testosterone are gays, who prefer other men instead of women.

In the majority of boys, however, the surge of testosterone causes them to be interested in the opposite sex, and there is the natural tendency to mate.

In civilized society, this translate to finding potential candidates for marriage and starting a family.

However, as we all know, there is plenty of sex going on outside of marriage, purely for its own pleasere.

After all, prostitutions is said to be the oldest profession. And even Kings and presidents have risked everything for sex.

This just goes to show that humanity is heavily sex-driven, thanks to androgens.
Note that even in women, it is the androgens that are the main drivers of their sexual urge.

Oestrogen is essential for female sexual development and female sexuality, but it is testosterone, working on the oestrogen-primed mind, that gives women their healthy libido.

Likewise, in men, healthy levels of both androgens and oestradiol are necessary for a good libido.

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