Most men have higher sex drives than most women. True or false?

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nightdrot · Accepted Answer

The data on this one are not in doubt. it is men overwhelmingly. There is a saying: "For a woman, there is no sex until there is love. For a man, it is not love until there is sex."

The truth is, this is rooted in evolutionary biology. Men are programmed to impregnate as many females as they can. It is how the species has survived for several hundred thousand years. By contrast, normally in nature, a woman can only carry one child at a time and it takes most of her energy to care for it once it was born.

So, a man is looking to spread his sperm to as many eligible females as he can. His evolutionary instinct limiting that to females who seem able to bear offspring. A female, on the other hand, needs only one male, and evolution programs her to look for a male that seems healthy - and will have presumably healthy sperm - and who will be able to ward off rival males and predators.

In this, evolutionary biology plays a trick to this day. When a male is unattached, his testosterone levels are elevated. This makes him sexually aggressive and antagonistic to other males.

When he impregnates a female, her physiology changes and she begins to emit hormones and pheromones that his body (he is not consciously aware of this) detects. This depresses his testosterone levels and makes him more protective and - when the baby is born - nurturing.

(A man hopped up on testosterone would wander off to find other females to mate with, and might even be a threat to his own offspring. By the way, this is why men tend to get sleepy after sex. It was nature's way of keeping the man around long enough to allow the woman's body to change in reaction to being impregnated.)

This was true of our prehistoric ancestors, but it is still true of modern humans. The difference in modern humans, of course, is that we have socialization and a culture that - generally - reinforces monogamy. It contravenes our natural instinct, but is far better for the woman, children and social stability in general.

Indeed, as societal rules regarding sex have loosened, we have tended to see a rise in rapes, child abuse, sexual harassment and other bad things.

Long way around, though - sorry, I do go on - the basics of human evolution are pretty clear. Men seek out sex far more aggressively than women do. These are tendencies and there will always be individual exceptions - but in the general trends are clear.

genericname85 · Accepted Answer

male have higher levels of testosterone and no menstrual circle that forces their drive to fluctuate. therefore on average men have a higher drive. that's an objective fact.

PrincessPie · Accepted Answer

True, testosterone.

ladycrimson · Answer

Men produce more testosterone than females, which is linked to libido, but females bodies are more sensitive to testosterone. It depends on the person, not the gender

sugarchateau · Answer

pft. most guys are open to sleeping around... but they aren't the ones asking for multiple rounds.

Bliss-taylor · Answer

On average true. But women and men both go through primes often at different times.

coralee · Answer

False. Both men and women fall all across the spectrum equally. Men just talk about it more. When women are out with the girls we are just as bad as any male out there. We just don't vocalize it, unless we are with people we trust.

themetalhead · Answer

yup, raging testosterone.

ladsin · Answer

Bisex

CarpetDenim · Answer

Probably true, but there are of course exceptions to every rule.

nickyBBB · Answer

True because testosterone. Also men express their drives more than women who may have high sex drives

CuriousOrator · Answer

Due to higher levels of testosterone

LeeKenz · Answer

It depends on the person

Igrishu · Answer

Very true.

fueledbythc · Answer

Girls have a higher sex drive in my point of view because of how girls come across to me.

Hungry_Shark · Answer

Any man who thinks a man's sex drive is high should read this. If a woman is in mood and she is wet, there is hardly man on earth that can completely satisfy a woman.