Attractive men induce testosterone and cortisol release in women

@article{Lpez2009AttractiveMI,
  title={Attractive men induce testosterone and cortisol release in women},
  author={Hassan H. L{\'o}pez and Aleena Hay and Phoebe H. Conklin},
  journal={Hormones and Behavior},
  year={2009},
  volume={56},
  pages={84-92},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:25498105}
}
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