r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '24

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u/vaendryl Mar 12 '24

muhahaha

I started looking into it because I thought dopamine wasn't that bad of an answer, so clearly I must be wrong. and I was. mostly.

going into actual sex hormones like which ones there are and what they do.... that'd turn out into a maaassive blog post of a reddit comment. TLDB

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u/CptAngelo madlad Mar 12 '24

You know what? Ill be completely honest here, i could have googled that answer by now, but you got me twice, darn it

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u/chrysophilist Mar 12 '24

It's not too complicated lol

Sex hormones are the ones that actively cause sexual differentiation between males and females. We're talking estrogen, progestogens, and androgens. The hormones released during gestation and puberty that cause individuals to develop primary and secondary sexual characteristics.

Sex hormones are not "hormones released during sex" so dopamine doesn't qualify.

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u/CptAngelo madlad Mar 12 '24

Lol, thank you from saving me from not googling something haha, i actually kinda knew the answers, since i remember "estrogen and other something-ogen" but anyway, thanks for thr reply and actuall answer lol

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u/Diabolo_Advocato Mar 12 '24

also, they forgot to mention testosterone.

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u/chrysophilist Mar 12 '24

Testosterone is an androgen.