According to this article, the birth control pill Provera has been shown to inhibit sexual desire and increse anxiety and aggression in female macaques.
--> So fake estrogen makes women angry, anxious and not want sex.
According to this article, progesterone, the "female" hormone promts male mice to be excessively aggressive and threaton their pups. In a natural setting, male mice generally committ infanticide, but when progesterone receptors were blocked, they started acting like "good dads."
--> So real progesterone can make men want to kill their offspring.
Posted by bluprnt at July 19, 2004 08:31 PM