A condom? And 'manly choice

The more a man has a generous dose of testosterone, the more it will tend to live a life protected, protecting himself and his partner from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Exactly the opposite of what you might think, imagining the male hormone to less rational and more stars drawn by instinct.

STUDY - The University of Michigan researchers say they have observed the approach to child sexual abuse in the first year of college, between 18 and 20 years, noting that at a higher level of testosterone often means an approach to safer sex . The researchers, led dall'endocrinologaSari van Anders, interviewed a sample of 78 children from rich families and then, through saliva samples, they measured their levels of male hormone. And 'the result that those with high testosterone levels, even declare a higher frequency of reports (which in turn raises the level of the hormone), tended to use condoms with greater ease, without worrying too much about to reveal an excess of caution and proving impervious to the judgments of partners.

THE SOCIAL RISK OF CONDOMS - The reasons for the frequent lack of condom use are to be found in the fact his risk capital. Especially among teenagers can be no fear of seeming awkward or excessive insistence on choosing a protected relationship can arouse the suspicion that you have a sexual disease to hide. Basically, it's easier not to use it socially. But young men are sure of themselves, which are more familiar with sex and are less affected by the judgments of others, seem more willing to defy the standards and unreasonable to assume that risk. Testosterone, as pointed out by van Andrei, is thus linked to the audacity, just as it is always assumed in this particular context, and show courage in choosing their own, sometimes uncomfortable and counter, safe sex. It 'a kind of syllogism: the male hormone tends to be full of bold and daring in bed the male becomes less of a problem to use a condom. So all the male testosterone is not afraid to choose safe sex and to follow its rules. Not at all darkened hormone.