Dr. Erica Komisar
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So mammals, when they are nurturing their young, they don't want somebody mating with them. Go away, right? So the idea is that when a female nurtures, she doesn't want to have sex. She doesn't want to, right? So the investment in nurturing pushes away the investment in mating,
So mammals, when they are nurturing their young, they don't want somebody mating with them. Go away, right? So the idea is that when a female nurtures, she doesn't want to have sex. She doesn't want to, right? So the investment in nurturing pushes away the investment in mating,
It's true. There were some studies to talk about how women's testosterone goes up. Women have testosterone. When they're out in the work world fighting like men, that their testosterone goes up and men's testosterone when they stay home goes down. Now, what that's doing for sex lives, there's some research about, you know, that is the next wave, which is what does it do to sex lives?
It's true. There were some studies to talk about how women's testosterone goes up. Women have testosterone. When they're out in the work world fighting like men, that their testosterone goes up and men's testosterone when they stay home goes down. Now, what that's doing for sex lives, there's some research about, you know, that is the next wave, which is what does it do to sex lives?
Because men have to perform. They have to get it up. to be crude. Tell me about it. And so if your testosterone is low, you're not going to get it up, right? Which is why there's all this Viagra and these patches and supplements and, you know, because it's not instinctually normal for husbands to stay home and nurture their children. And that's the
Because men have to perform. They have to get it up. to be crude. Tell me about it. And so if your testosterone is low, you're not going to get it up, right? Which is why there's all this Viagra and these patches and supplements and, you know, because it's not instinctually normal for husbands to stay home and nurture their children. And that's the
How that affects men's and women's sex life when women come home from their banking jobs and their law jobs. Do their husbands not want to have sex with them? And, you know, is that breaking up? I mean, so this is all the I think this is the next wave of we've reversed things societally so fast.
How that affects men's and women's sex life when women come home from their banking jobs and their law jobs. Do their husbands not want to have sex with them? And, you know, is that breaking up? I mean, so this is all the I think this is the next wave of we've reversed things societally so fast.
And then we hope that our evolutionary bodily responses are just going to catch up in merely a century. And it just doesn't, evolution doesn't work like that. It takes hundreds, if not thousands of years to change our bodily evolutionary responses, right? Our instinctual responses. So this is, you know, it's problematic. And also when men's testosterone goes down, they get depressed.
And then we hope that our evolutionary bodily responses are just going to catch up in merely a century. And it just doesn't, evolution doesn't work like that. It takes hundreds, if not thousands of years to change our bodily evolutionary responses, right? Our instinctual responses. So this is, you know, it's problematic. And also when men's testosterone goes down, they get depressed.
So they don't perform sexually well. They get depressed. They feel purposeless. They can't do what they're instinctually supposed to do, which is provide, protect, hunt. You know, we talk about DEI. I mean, why aren't we talking about DEI when it comes to men and women. Why aren't we talking about balancing the scales, giving men purpose again?
So they don't perform sexually well. They get depressed. They feel purposeless. They can't do what they're instinctually supposed to do, which is provide, protect, hunt. You know, we talk about DEI. I mean, why aren't we talking about DEI when it comes to men and women. Why aren't we talking about balancing the scales, giving men purpose again?
And honestly, we should be talking about what happens to men when they actually do stay home and nurture their young.
And honestly, we should be talking about what happens to men when they actually do stay home and nurture their young.
So there was some research I know that was going on about that, how it affects sex drive. But when your testosterone goes down, it does affect sex drive. We're just not talking about it. So I have anecdotal patients. I have a patient whose wife was a hardcore woman in finance. And he couldn't โ he lost interest in her.
So there was some research I know that was going on about that, how it affects sex drive. But when your testosterone goes down, it does affect sex drive. We're just not talking about it. So I have anecdotal patients. I have a patient whose wife was a hardcore woman in finance. And he couldn't โ he lost interest in her.
He had to go out of the marriage and have affairs with women who were more feminine, who were more โ so he could feel as if he could play that masculine role. He couldn't do that in his marriage. And so are we going to see โ
He had to go out of the marriage and have affairs with women who were more feminine, who were more โ so he could feel as if he could play that masculine role. He couldn't do that in his marriage. And so are we going to see โ
kind of a shift in society as a result of this we're already seeing it i mean the other thing that we're doing is to young boys let's talk about what we're doing to young boys this starts very young we basically educate young boys in a way that really favors girls
kind of a shift in society as a result of this we're already seeing it i mean the other thing that we're doing is to young boys let's talk about what we're doing to young boys this starts very young we basically educate young boys in a way that really favors girls