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The science is much less settled on the link between testosterone and personality than you think. Some interesting discussion of it here: http://www.nature.com
by meheleventyone 12y ago
The science is much less settled on the link between testosterone and personality than you think.
Some interesting discussion of it here:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/testosterone_and_human_aggression_or_180520 http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/testosteron...
It's hard to tease out what behaviour is culturally learnt and what is caused by innate biological differences. Folk wisdom about testosterone is just one example. The downside is that these "biotruths" are used as justification for discrimination.
- kristofferR 12y agoSure, but there's a lot of people who basically claim that the massive hormonal and genetical differences between the genders have no impact on personality, behavior and interests.
- meheleventyone 12y agoThe evidence from studies into testosterone suggests that those people might actually be right or at least the hormonal differences between the sexes (and between members of the same sex who suffer hormonal imbalances for whatever reason) are not as important in defining personality, behaviour and interests as folk wisdom would hold.
- kristofferR 12y agoI've mostly seen the opposite results, that testosterone makes a massive difference. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19175758 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19175758 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21338606 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21338606 I'm interested in learning more, can you link to some studies?