204. Carole Hooven on T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is Just Any Wan, Right?
There aren't big testacerone changes a around sex. There are, there are oxitosen and prolactin changes that seems to facilitate a bonding for women more than it does for men. The other thing that we have to remember is that humans are, as, you know, really unusual in mammalian species. In only five % of mammals do males invest in their offspring. And we see that in humans. But the idea that testastron rises to facilitate male male competition and is suppressed when males have a need reproductively to provide for their offspring and bond with their partners. Isjust any wan, right? Yes. Ther again, another funny movie line, i think
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