Why Are Women More Prone to Addictions?
Posted by Jason on
October 22, 2007
We know that testosterone makes men aggressive and muscular, while female hormones turn women into protecting “mothers” but also more vulnerable to addictions. But a new Yale research shows that it’s not all about hormones; genes too are involved in shaping the sex-related behavior and the females’ proneness to addiction could be linked to genes located in the sex chromosomes.
“This is the first time that any behavior has been associated specifically with sex chromosomes independent of gonadal hormones,” the lead author Jennifer Quinn of Yale University told AFP.
Female mammals (including women) are known for long to be more likely than males to get habit-forming behavior, including addiction. Sex-specific hormones, secreted by gonads, explain just partially the difference. Read More »
