Hormones.

[HollisterrBboyy]

Are the hormone levels in males and females the same, different, vary, during the adolescent years? Is there a type of correlation between the genders? It seems that men seem to have more of a sexual and evident physical drive, as compare to women who tend to be driven emotionally. With this in mind, does this mean the hormone levels are different, or are they the same, vary? Correlation once again? It is obviously known that men and women have different hormones, but women become horny as well. Therefore, my question is do men and women have a type of significant correlation between hormone levels during the pubescent years? Thanks! I would really appreciate a reply.

[Giles]

Well if you think about the fact that girls tend to start and potentially finish puberty earlier than guys then it would make sense that their hormone levels change accordingly, that's based entirely on my thoughts though - no research.

[Donkey]

I think it's mainly a psychological issue we are discussing here...

Women still have sex drive, but it is less so: evolutionary, perhaps, women can't have as many children as they like by having sex with as many people as possible. They have to have 9 month intervals, obviously, whereas men do not. Hence men are the ones that will need to have sex more often to result in the greatest amount of children.

There's an article comparing the two sex drives here (http://www.webmd.com/sex/features/sex-drive-how-do-men-women-compare). It's pretty interesting; definitely worth reading. But yeah, the hormone levels are different for the two along with vast psychological differences.

Since girls enter puberty earlier, the correlation won't be perfect at all... girls are likely to have a sex drive before boys will, but it won't be anywhere near as strong.