Hormones orchestrate and coordinate human female sexual development, sexuality, and
reproduction in relation to three types of phenotypic changes: life history transitions such as
puberty and childbirth, responses to contextual factors such as caloric intake and stress, and
cyclical patterns such as the ovulatory cycle. Here, we review the endocrinology underlying
women's reproductive phenotypes, including sexual orientation and gender identity, mate
preferences, competition for mates, sex drive, and maternal behavior. We highlight�…