It is not surprising that many women are less like the women who leave their telephone numbers at construction sites and more like the Iroquois women, who prefer men who are not too macho, because less macho men make better husbands. A general restlessness and dissatisfaction with marriage goes along with high testosterone, as was found in a study of three dozen professional married men. 30 Each man had been married about eighteen years, most were in their first marriage, and none of the men were physically abusive. Overall satisfaction with marriage was less among those who were higher in testosterone. They were likely to say that they did not get along well with their wives and children, that they rated the quality of their marriages low, that they were not happy in their marriages, and that they preferred activities and relationships outside their marriages. This undoubtedly affected their health, because other studies show that satisfaction with marriage and children is related to men's health and well-being at mid-life.31 The men who were lower in testosterone enjoyed their marriages more.
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