Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Marriage; Motherhood; Testosterone; Endocrinology"

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    • Marriage and motherhood are associated with lower testosterone concentrations in women 

      Barrett, Emily S.; Tran, Van; Thurston, Sally; Jasienska, Grazyna; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Ellison, Peter T.; Thune, Inger (Elsevier BV, 2013)
      Testosterone has been hypothesized to modulate the trade-off between mating and parenting effort in males. Indeed, evidence from humans and other pair-bonded species suggests that fathers and men in committed relationships ...