Eine kleine Studie ergab keinen Zusammenhang zwischen dem täglichen Testosteronspiegel von Männern und ihrem sexuellen Verlangen, es gab jedoch Hinweise darauf, dass dies Auswirkungen auf die Dating-Bemühungen alleinstehender Männer haben könnte. An den Tagen, an denen alleinstehende Männer mit einem potenziellen Date interagierten, berichteten sie, dass sie sich mehr Mühe gaben, wenn der Testosteronspiegel höher war.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

Day-to-day associations between testosterone, sexual desire and courtship efforts in young men

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1508

Abstract

Testosterone plays important roles in reproductive behaviour in many species. Despite a common belief that testosterone regulates fluctuations in human sexual desire, there is little direct evidence that relates within-person changes in natural testosterone production to within-person changes in sexual desire. Here, we measured daily salivary testosterone concentrations from 41 adult men for one month, along with daily self-reports of sexual desire (n = 759 observations for the main analyses). We analysed concurrent relationships between within-person changes in testosterone and desire, and also lagged relationships that were analysed using a continuous-time modelling framework. We found no evidence for significant, positive relationships between testosterone and desire, which argues against the notion that day-to-day changes in eugonadal men’s baseline testosterone regulates changes in their sexual desire. However, additional analyses provided preliminary evidence for a positive relationship between testosterone and self-reported courtship effort, particularly on days when single participants interacted with potential romantic partners. Our findings add original evidence regarding day-to-day associations between testosterone and desire, and suggest that testosterone above minimum threshold concentrations does not increase sexual desire. We propose that the evolved functions of testosterone in human males are more closely associated with courtship efforts than with sexual desire.

From the linked article:

A small study by international and Australian researchers has found no link between men’s daily testosterone levels and their levels of sexual desire, but there was some evidence that it could impact single men’s dating efforts. The researchers measured testosterone levels in the saliva of 41 men every day over a month and also asked them daily questions about their levels of sexual thoughts and desires, and the effort they put into dating. The researchers found no links between testosterone levels, levels of sexual desire, or courtship effort overall. However, they found that on the days when single men interacted with a potential date, they reported putting in more effort when testosterone was higher. The researchers say their findings argue against the usefulness of testosterone prescriptions for treating low sexual desire among men who have testosterone concentrations within the normal range.

Doesn’t this just basically affirm that men that take measures to modify their testosterone levels just tend to be more desperate for sexual activity?