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I suspect this stereotype may have a signal-to-noise problem. Consider that many men who buy a corvette at mid-life may have wanted one since their childhood,
by cellularmitosis 8y ago
I suspect this stereotype may have a signal-to-noise problem. Consider that many men who buy a corvette at mid-life may have wanted one since their childhood, and mid-life happened to be the earliest point at which they could afford one.
- spaceflunky 8y agoExactly this. “Mid life crisis” is just a fabricated pejorative meme. The reality is that for most middle class men, they can only afford to spend money on long sought after expensive hobbies once they hit midlife.
- mc32 8y agoOk, evenso, given that testosterone goes down for many, this effect could exacerbate their desire for repressed purchases.
- cellularmitosis 8y agoDepression causes you to engage in behaviors which reinforce your depression, and I would expect low-testosterone would work similarly. In other words, the men seeking status goods are not the ones suffering from low-testosterone, but rather the ones whom are already high-testosterone.