Oestrogen Expert: Birth Control Changes Who You Are...Would You Still Love Them If You Came Off It?! Oestrogen Makes You More Attractive!

No, this conversation is for women, their partners, and anyone who loves women, as understanding women's health and evolutionary psychology provides valuable insights for everyone.

Yes, as women become increasingly educated and gain more resources, their preference for partners with equal or more resources creates a narrower pool of suitable mates, leading many women to choose to stay single.

Women have an inherited mating psychology from their ancestors who were heavily dependent on men for provisioning, resource access, and protection, which continues to influence their preference for partners with resources.

Yes, nice guys can form relationships and get laid, especially if they are willing to invest in a woman for a long-term relationship, though they might have fewer casual sexual partners than men with higher testosterone.

Attraction is both idiosyncratic and person-specific, but also involves shared dimensions. Men generally prioritize physical attractiveness linked to fertility, while women prioritize cues related to wisdom, status, and resource acquisition, which often come with age.

Research suggests men do not prioritize a woman's success as much as women prioritize a man's, and they find successful women equally physically attractive. However, men may be less likely to choose them as long-term mates due to potential power dynamics.

Women often form friendships with gay men because they can provide unbiased mating market information, free from intersexual competition or the fear of sexual advances, fostering a unique sense of trust.

She wishes she was told that changing hormones fundamentally changes who you are, impacting sexual desire, attraction, emotional states, stress management, and even the ability to build muscle mass.

It's a real possibility that attraction can change; women partnered with attractive men may become more attracted, while those with less attractive partners may become less attracted, though these are often subtle nudges rather than drastic shifts.

Yes, men's brains are wired to pick up on estrogen cues, so a man's attraction to his partner is likely to increase, especially during her high fertility window, if she stops using hormonal birth control.

There is no definitive research answer yet, but it's a fascinating question because men's testosterone levels are known to increase in response to the scent of fertile women, suggesting a potential link with the overall decline in male testosterone.

A good man in the modern world has room for masculinity, understands the importance of consent, is willing to invest in a woman, and channels his efforts towards caring for his children and partner.

Women on hormonal birth control exhibit a blunted or absent cortisol response to stress, which is usually an adaptive mechanism for coping. This blunted response can lead to dysregulated emotional responses, increasing the risk of anxiety and depression.

She prioritizes preventing pregnancy and would prefer non-hormonal options like the copper IUD for her sexually active daughter to avoid synthetic hormones impacting brain development, though she acknowledges hormonal birth control is better than teenage pregnancy.

Dr. Hill believes most men would not take a hormonal birth control pill that alters their hormones, largely because women disproportionately bear the costs and risks associated with pregnancy.