• Question: is it true that hormones get u ready for sex?

    Asked by _s.s.c_ah to Amy, Craig, Laura, Partha, Saffron on 15 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Craig Doig

      Craig Doig answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hormones play a roll in all of your feelings and emotions.
      They get you out of bed in the morning and make you feel sleepy at night and everything in-between.
      They also tell you if your hungry, thirsty and yes they can also make you feel ready for sex.

    • Photo: Laura Wales

      Laura Wales answered on 18 Jun 2015:

      I’m with Craig on that one to do with feelings and emotions. There’s also the explanation that the purpose of sex is to reproduce (the more “traditional” purpose). Hormones during puberty and menstruation gets people ready for sex/reproduction…..

      • Hypothalamus activates the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH).
      • GnRH sends signal to pituitary to release Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinising Hormone (LH).
      • FSH and LH travel in bloodstream to ovaries in girls and testes in boys and “switch on” the development process leading to sexual maturity.

      In girls, the ovaries release oestrogen and progesterone. In boys, the testes release testosterone. Then it’s the sperm and egg story.

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