Spending Time with Pretty Women Boosts Testosterone level in Men: New Medical Research

Around other men, though, the hormones dipped – suggesting men could be better off having a quick chat with a pretty female pal than hanging out with the boys.

Researchers at the University of California, whose findings are published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, stated that men rated how attractive they’d found the women (the average was 5.83 on the good looks scale of 1 – 10, suggesting the group was relatively easy on the eye).

Then they provided a saliva sample that was tested within 20 to 40 minutes. The five-minute chat with a fair member of the fairer sex spiked testosterone by 14 percent and cortisol by 48 percent. The same length chat with a man saw the hormones dip by 2 percent and seven percent, respectively.

Spending the same time with men saw the hormones drop 2 percent and 7 percent respectively. Dr. Leslie Knapp, a biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge, told the UK’s The Telegraph, “that the response was evolutionary … and helps a man to focus his energy and deal with anxiety.”