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DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?
As a part of the ongog scientific vtigatn of sexual orientatn, rearchers have found themselv searchg for lks between blogy and homosexualy. Ttosterone, a hormone that affects reproductn and velopment mal, is one of the most signifint hormon topic of discsn is whether or not gay men have lower ttosterone levels than straight men.
5 ng/100 ml), however, total ttosterone levels plasma of homosexual mal (590 +/- 148 ng/100 ml) did not differ signifintly om those of heterosexual mal. In addn to the study mentned above, another study found that homosexual mal had lower levels of ttosterone than heterosexual mal the morng but not the afternoon. Another study found that gay men had lower levels of ttosterone than heterosexual men, as well as lower levels of rtisol, the hormone rponsible for the body’s strs rponse.
The study’s thors hypothized that the lower rtisol levels may be due to lower levels of strs experienced by homosexual men as a rult of more egalarian relatnship dynamics. A study published the New England Journal of Medice found that gay men do fact have lower ee plasma ttosterone levels than heterosexual men.