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SCIENCE OF LUST: How a host of biochemicals fuel the sex drive...
...thing you can say about lust, it sure shows up early. Talk all you want about the honey-sweet face of an innocent newborn, the fact is, from the moment we appear in the world, we're not much more than squalling balls of passion. Our needs aren't many: to sleep, to eat, to be held, to be changed. Satisfy these, and there won't be any trouble. Fail to, and you will hear about...
...matter how lust is triggered, though, sex, like eating or sleeping, is ultimately biochemical, governed by hormones, neurotransmitters and other substances that interact in complicated ways to create the familiar sensations of desire, arousal, orgasm. By understanding how that happens, scientists should in principle be able to help people like Washington for whom sex just isn't working. And indeed, over the past decade or two, scientists have identified many of the pieces of this complex puzzle. It clearly involves testosterone, along with other hormones, including estrogen and oxytocin, and brain chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. And there...
...FUELS FOR LUST...
...sort of Neverland, with the wildlife preserve and the video-game rooms (but with older kids). He?s proud to have organized it all, all the parties and Playmates. But it?s not just his pleasure, his image. It?s his job. He?s America?s CEO of lust...