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Why is testosterone associated with divorce in men?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Elizabeth Cashdan
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 elizabeth.cashdan@anthro.utah.edu
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There is evidence that in women high levels of testosterone are associated with more sexual partners and more permissive sexual attitudes. If a similar relationship holds true for men, the higher basal testosterone levels of divorced and unmarried men may be caused by this relationship rather than by testosterone's effect on dominance striving.

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© 1998 Cambridge University Press