Or it could just be that in societies, where aggression is rewarded with social status, testosterone will increase aggression because it increases the thrive fo

Or it could just be that in societies, where aggression is rewarded with social status, testosterone will increase aggression because it increases the thrive for social status: > The relationship between testosterone and aggression may also function indirectly, as it has been proposed that testosterone does not amplify tendencies towards aggression but rather amplifies whatever tendencies will allow an individual to maintain social status when challenged. In most animals, aggression is the means of maintaining social status. However, humans have multiple ways of obtaining social status. This could explain why some studies find a link between testosterone and pro-social behaviour if pro-social behaviour is rewarded with social status. Thus the link between testosterone and aggression and violence is due to these being rewarded with social status.