Boy Toys

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Boys face social reprecussions that girls do not when they cross the gender line. It's after a certain age, you know, it's weak to play with girls toys. Girls who have high test astron in utero are more likely to want to play physically and with toys that allow them to play physically. This is becauseand we see this in non human animals too. So i think something is regulated by tested ostrone one way or another. But i don't think that you can change an individual socially for any reason. That's something that's just going to come out regardless of what parents want.

In episode 204, Michael Shermer speaks with codirector of undergraduate studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, Carole Hooven, PhD about testosterone. While most people agree that sex differences in human behavior exist, they disagree about the reasons. But the science is clear: testosterone is a potent force in human society, driving the bodies and behavior of the sexes apart. But, as Hooven shows in T, it does so in concert with genes and culture to produce a vast variety of male and female behavior. And, crucially, the fact that many sex differences are grounded in biology provides no support for restrictive gender norms or patriarchal values. In understanding testosterone, we better understand ourselves and one another — and how we might build a fairer, safer society.