Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 31, 2026

Sexual Transmission of American Trypanosomes from Males and Females to Naive Mates
Published on: January 27, 2019
Adjusting hormones and constructing desires: new materialisations of female sexuality in Brazil
1a Department of Anthropology , Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , Brazil.
Abstract:
This paper presents the findings from a study conducted in Brazil among doctors specialised in the treatment of sexual problems. Its focus is on medical treatments and approaches related to female sexuality. According to the accounts provided by professionals, the most common 'problem' they encountered among women was lack of sexual desire in the period around menopause. In line with current principles of sexual medicine, they concurred that this issue resulted from declining hormone production. This paper discusses how pharmaceutical treatments have facilitated the materialisation of female desire in terms of the presence or absence of testosterone, paradoxically the hormone most commonly associated with masculinity.
Related Concept Videos
Types of Hormones
Desirable Characteristics in Others
Hormonal Regulation
Hormonal Regulation
Plant Hormones
The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic

