Fractelle,
Look after yourself
PS A conundrum for you “we share a periodic 3rd in the pursuit of an elemental” solution. ;-)

Bronwyn, pelican, Romany, CJ, Belly, Max, Pericles and others,
Keep up the good fight and thanks for the conversation or in bad Latin “Illegitimi non carborundum”
I wish you all what every you wish for. :-)

And importantly Foxy.
At any age you are something special. All the best in peace and contentment from wisdom not ignorance. ;-)

See you out there.
Bye all

*Your personal emotional interests are driving your conclusions.*

Err not so Examinator, for the scientific evidence from endocrinology
is quite clear. Testosterone drives sexual urges. Show me a paper
which disproves the huge amount of work done in that field, not
just some speculative hypothesis by a so called social scientist.
Neuroscience wins every time.

As to my staff, you know absolutaly nothing about the situation here.
Suffice to say some of them still stop me in the street to say that
working in my business was the best job that they ever had. Advising
people to be honest in relationships, is not sexual advice.

Foxy, looks like I'll run out of posts again for a while lol, but
by what you describe, endocrinology indeed could lie at the heart
of your described problem.

We can inject both castrated and female sheep, rats, and other species,
with testosterone, they literally start humping one another :)

In males its the hypothalamus which regulates testosterone, which
is 20 times higher then in females. Older men who are losing their
sex drives and want it back, are now being treated with testosterone
and its working for them. The males that you mention could well
have extremely low testosterone levels, so those urges would disappear.
A visit to the endocrinologist will soon sort it out!

In females its the adrenal gland which produces and controles
testosterone. Remove it and their libido collapses.

Interestingly in females, testosterone levels rise at that time
of the month, when they are at their most fertile. Ain't nature
grand!

Some years ago I read a study where they mixed reasonable levels
of T into the HRT mix. The female voluteers asked the experimenters
to remove it, as they were having some really impure thoughts and
feelings :) .

Dear examinator,

I must be dim-witted but I don't understand.
Are you saying good-bye to us all?

Where are you going, and for how long?

Please say it's only for a short time?

We'll miss you.

Dear Yabby,

Thanks for responding.

You could be right with your suggestion.

I'm not an expert in the field - but it
sounds like a good idea. Except how do you
get the man to admit he's got a problem
when he won't discuss it?

Does anybody know what's happening with
examinator?

It's just his saying 'good-bye,' sounds
so final.

Is it a health related issue?

I'm really surprised by the tone
fo his last post, and concerned.

Yes - I certainly hope examinator's OK and returns to us soon.

He'll be missed.

As for this:

Foxy: << What do you suggest she does? >>

Clearly, she needs to get a kelpie :)

Dear examinator

I'm concerned about you too. I agree with Foxy, your good-bye sounded rather final.

I do hope it's not and that you're okay. You're a great asset to OLO and your thoughtful and insightful contributions will be missed.

Hopefully, we've got this all wrong and you'll be back soon.

Meanwhile, take care. :)