Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Testosterone. rakanyorwa naJoe Herbert. (OUP £16.99) Testosterone haisi nguva dzose inowana nhau dzakanaka. Chinhu chiri chose chisingafadzi pamusoro pomufambiro wavarume chakanzi chinokonzerwa nemigumisiro yeiri hormone rinoshorwa zvikuru. Chisimba here? Imhosva yose ye testosterone. Kushungurudzwa pabonde uye kubatwa chibharo? Ingopomera testosterone. Asi, sezvinojekesa Joe Herbert murwendo rwake runonakidza rwokuongorora sayenzi, testosterone ndiyo chinhu chinokosha muupenyu hwevanhu. "Pasina testosterone yababa vedu", anodaro, "hapana mumwe wedu aizovapo". Rinongova nebasa rimwe chete rinokosha - kuita kuti munhurume akwanise kubereka, uye nokuda kwaizvozvo rinokosha. Kunyange zvazvo izvi zvirizvo uye zvisingabviri kufunga nezve"kuva murume" pasina testosterone, inokoshawo pakuita zvepabonde kwevakadzi. Ropa romukadzi akura pamberi pokuguma kuenda kumwedzi chaizvoizvo rine testosterone yakapetwa kashanu kupfuura estrogen, inonzi hormone ye"chikadzi". Zvisinei, testosterone inonyatsozivikanwa somufananidzo woumurume. Zvinhu zvose zvisingafadzi pamusoro pomufambiro womurume zvinonzi zvinobva mu testosterone, asi sezvinotsanangurwa naJoe Herbert, testosterone ndiyo musimboti woupenyu hwomunhu. Inotanga simba rayo muchibereko sezvo ichibetsera kuumba mavara akasiyana omuviri womurume. Uku kupesvedzera kunopfuurira nokukurumidza pashure pokuberekwa. Mwana mukomana ane mwedzi mitatu, achinyemwerera kwauri achibva muwiricheya yake, angava nemwero ye testosterone inokwikwidza yababa vake. Hatizivi chikonzero asi, kuvamba vhiki mbiri pashure pokuberekwa ndokupfuurira kwemwedzi mina kusvika kumitanhatu, testes yomukomana muduku iri kubudisa testosterone mumwero mukuru. Simba rehormone ipapo rinoderera, asi rinodzoka <unk> uye sei! <unk> mukuyaruka. Pashure pokukura, testosterone inotungamirira makwikwi nokuda kwevakadzi. Munyika yemhuka, mhembwe dzinobata nyanga dzadzo, nzou dzinopinda mumugariro wokurwa unonzi musth uye machira echirume anopinda munhangemutange-nhangemutange. Kunyange majirafi echirume, anokurudzirwa nehomoni yacho, anodhonzana nemitsipa yawo mirefu. Mamwe marudzi ane mavara akaoma, akagadzirirwa kusimbisa unhu hwechirume uye kukwezva hunhu hwechikadzi. Mu guenon...
Testosterone inonzi hormone yemurume haisi nguva dzose inobudiswa zvakanaka. Chinhu chose chisingafadzi pamusoro pomufambiro womurume chinonzi chinobva pahormone. Asi, sezvinotsanangurwa naJoe Herbert, testosterone ndiyo musimboti woupenyu hwomunhu.