Have you noticed that whenever you feel angry, tearful, headachy, a bit below par, or lacking in sex drive, someone - helpful or otherwise - will tell you that: ‘it must be your hormones’?

Most of us are fed up with this kind of generalisation. We’re fed up, too, with the fact that no one explains exactly why our moods or ailments seem to be dismissed in this way. We want precise answers to all sorts of questions, especially to do with how our hormones affect our sex lives. That’s what we want, but the harsh truth is that there are very few precise answers to be had.Link