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(I assumed it was supposed to be “the Information Age is stupid”. Which is true. My phone also frequently doesn’t correct when I use a character in place of a space by accident, for some reason.. very annoying.)
So they’re not necessarily about hormones but there’s a couple books I’ve listened to about, well, male bodies (I don’t have one so I find it interesting). Worth listening to, imho.
The first is Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? and other reflections on being human by Jesse Bering. It’s a sort of lighthearted approach to male bodies and other weird quirks of being alive, written by, iirc, a gay ~~humor~~ columnist. edit: he is/was a research psychologist and columnist for science communication publications like Scientific American.
The second is a book mostly about how penis things go wrong, testicular torsion, various kinds of erectile dysfunction and how they get fixed and stuff, it isn’t strictly informational, more like case studies that have been anonymized. It’s called Why Men Fake it, the totally unexpected truth about men and sex by Abraham Morgentaler
Both of these are good not super scientific explorations of things you may want to know, but don’t. I learned a lot and enjoyed the process.
Interesting, I like to read so I'll keep my eye out when I go to the book store next, or the internet, might not be in a store here in the south.