When people think about testosterone, aggression is one of the first things that comes to mind. In fact, it’s very weak regarding the relationship between endogenous testosterone [ie testosterone that originates within an organism] and aggression. What that statement means is that you can’t use chromosomes alone, you can’t use genitalia, you can’t use testosterone levels to divide people into male or female. What it essentially does is elevate scientific values, scientific authority and scientific evidence above all other modes of knowing – sociological, experiential, philosophical. Our hope is that it encourages scientists working on testosterone to think about its dynamism, to think about its complexity.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2019 18:00 UTC