Like with men, testosterone boosts sex drive and aggression inwomen, and limited studies show it may support bone health, as well as contribute to mood and energy. Testosterone production tends to peak in women'slate teens and early 20s, and slowly declines thereafter; after menopause, itslevels are halved. Add it all up, the New York Times reports in a new feature, and many are framing testosterone supplements as something akin to an off-label fountain of youth.
Since the dawn of time, men have been trying to make their dicks bigger. Over the centuries, the quest for meatier members has led to using weights to elongate the shaft (as recommended in the Kama Sutra), using poisonous snake bites to swell the penis (a favorite of the 16th-Century Brazilian Topinama tribe), the invention of the penis pump in 1874, and shortly after, the first penile implant surgery in 1895.