Does estrogen affect the sex drive in women? Compare the sex drives of women and men.
What will be an ideal response?
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When women reach maturity at puberty, the two ovaries begin to produce estrogens, female sex hormones. However, those hormones are not produced consistently; instead, their production follows a cyclical pattern. The greatest output occurs during ovulation, when an egg is released from the ovaries, making the chances of fertilization by a sperm cell highest. While in nonhumans the period around ovulation is the only time the female is receptive to sex, people are different. Although there are variations in reported sex drive, women are receptive to sex throughout their cycles.
Some evidence suggests that males have a stronger sex drive than females do or at least spend more time than women do thinking about it. For instance, while 54% of men report thinking about sex every day, only 19% of women report thinking about it on a daily basis.
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