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[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Hmm. I wonder how exactly testosterone works in the mind and body, then? There is certainly a group of men who are less aggressive than a group of women, so do those men have less testosterone than the women more aggressive than them? Do men have a sex-unique mechanism that prevents non-extreme-but-higher-than-women levels of testosterone making them super violent? Could it be as simple as developing resistance to it after a lifetime of exposure, like with many substances and neurotransmitters?

I might have to do research on this.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No clue, but I like your questions.

[–]diapason 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think it's that women are more sensitive to testosterone than men are—lower concentrations have a disproportionate effect on women compared to their effect on men. Plus, taking "T" is basically just taking steroids

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ok, so whether natural or developed, men have resistance to it that prevents males being impossibly more aggressive than every female