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sexual desire, the levels of testosterone in a woman’s
body would be responsible for the strength of her sex
drive. Some women with lowered libidos are often
advised to take testosterone patches and this suggests
that higher amount of maleness in terms of personality
traits in a woman could also be related to higher level
of sexual desire. So a woman with more male interests
and having masculine mental and even physical traits
could be considered as having more sexual desire.
Men naturally have high levels of testosterone and
associated aggressive and sexual desires although they
may manifest this through other constructive pursuits.
It however remains debatable whether men or women
have higher sexual drive and although theoretically men
with naturally higher levels of testosterone could have
strong libidos and life drives and associated ambition
and desire to excel, women could also manifest very
strong libidos and life energy.
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“ Sexual urges when sublimated or channeled would result in
creative and constructive pursuits and aggressive urges usually
lead to feelings of depression or destructive behavior. ”
I would consider three different meanings of desire for survival of an individual and the human species as a
and all desires could be categorized under these three whole. The human needs for partnership, love, security
major kinds of desires. I would call this the Three Ps are all aspects of this type of basic desire. All creative
theory of desire - the three Ps being Progeny, Power and constructive desires also have roots in sexual desire
and Purpose. The three types of desire are explained and the creative act could be itself considered as an act
here as follows: of mating according to psychoanalysis. Creative artists,
painters and writers are guided by this type of desire.
1. Desire as mating need for Progeny:
2. Desire as manifestation of Power:
From an evolutionary viewpoint, the human desire
for sex which according to Freudian psychology is
the basis of human survival is motivated by the need Photo Courtesy of blogaboutpsychology.com
for progeny. Strong libido could be very positive for
the human species and men and women with strong
sexual desires would have evolutionary advantage and
would be able to leave their progeny behind ultimately
required for human species survival. The biological
need to leave offspring could thus be connected to the
Freudian explanation of sex and our desire to mate.
Sexual drive is thus not about release but about release
with the aim of species propagation. Freudian psychol-
ogy and its emphasis on the libido is quite compatible
with evolutionary psychology that would consider the
sexual and aggressive drives as absolutely important
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body would be responsible for the strength of her sex
drive. Some women with lowered libidos are often
advised to take testosterone patches and this suggests
that higher amount of maleness in terms of personality
traits in a woman could also be related to higher level
of sexual desire. So a woman with more male interests
and having masculine mental and even physical traits
could be considered as having more sexual desire.
Men naturally have high levels of testosterone and
associated aggressive and sexual desires although they
may manifest this through other constructive pursuits.
It however remains debatable whether men or women
have higher sexual drive and although theoretically men
with naturally higher levels of testosterone could have
strong libidos and life drives and associated ambition
and desire to excel, women could also manifest very
strong libidos and life energy.
Photo Courtesy of catalystreview.net
“ Sexual urges when sublimated or channeled would result in
creative and constructive pursuits and aggressive urges usually
lead to feelings of depression or destructive behavior. ”
I would consider three different meanings of desire for survival of an individual and the human species as a
and all desires could be categorized under these three whole. The human needs for partnership, love, security
major kinds of desires. I would call this the Three Ps are all aspects of this type of basic desire. All creative
theory of desire - the three Ps being Progeny, Power and constructive desires also have roots in sexual desire
and Purpose. The three types of desire are explained and the creative act could be itself considered as an act
here as follows: of mating according to psychoanalysis. Creative artists,
painters and writers are guided by this type of desire.
1. Desire as mating need for Progeny:
2. Desire as manifestation of Power:
From an evolutionary viewpoint, the human desire
for sex which according to Freudian psychology is
the basis of human survival is motivated by the need Photo Courtesy of blogaboutpsychology.com
for progeny. Strong libido could be very positive for
the human species and men and women with strong
sexual desires would have evolutionary advantage and
would be able to leave their progeny behind ultimately
required for human species survival. The biological
need to leave offspring could thus be connected to the
Freudian explanation of sex and our desire to mate.
Sexual drive is thus not about release but about release
with the aim of species propagation. Freudian psychol-
ogy and its emphasis on the libido is quite compatible
with evolutionary psychology that would consider the
sexual and aggressive drives as absolutely important
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