Libido

In psychology, libido is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived as including other forms of desire. The term libido was originally used by the neurologist and pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud who began by employing it simply to denote sexual desire. Over time it came to signify the psychic energy of the sexual drive, and became a vital concept in psychoanalytic theory. Freud's later conception was broadened to include the fundamental energy of all expressions of love, pleasure, and self-preservation.

In common or colloquial usage, a person's overall sexual drive is often referred to as that person's "libido". In this sense, libido is influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. Biologically, the sex hormones and associated neurotransmitters that act upon the nucleus accumbens (primarily testosterone, estrogen, and dopamine, respectively) regulate sex drive in humans. Sexual drive can be affected by social factors such as work and family; psychological factors such as personality and stress; also by medical conditions, medications, lifestyle, relationship issues, and age.

Gender Comparision

Prevailing wisdom in Western nations is that men have significantly higher sex drives than women.

Spontaneous vs reactive sex drives.

Men are driven to ejaculate but this is necessary for prostate health and not directly related to the desire to have sex.

The pill reduces female libido. We have a society in which a large proportion of women are inadvertently suppressing their own sex drive.

Menstrual cycle.

Historically women were regarded as having a higher sex drive than men. I think it clearly shows through. All you need to do is look at their mass media. It's sex this and and sex that. Men read about footy, cars and computers.

There's an argument that women evolved to play down their own sex drive in order to convince men that they would not cheat. Until recently paternity was always an open question.

Women complain about lack of sex in relationships as much?

Women watch porn as much as men.

MGTOW is, in part, a sex strike. Compare to the many sex strikes threatened by women that do not eventuate.

Sudden rise in the number of men who have not had sex in the past 12 months. These men are not going to prostitutes.

About 14% of men in the United States have ever used the services of a prostitute and only 1% have done so in the previous 12 months.

Female sex tourists

Use of slaves for sex in antebellum South.

Supports MMC