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Test is associated with aggression [1]. I have to admit, I don’t really understand aromatization. Perhaps it’s the high test resulting in high estrogen that leads to the aggression.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23843821/

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Testosterone increases whatever leads to a higher social status in a given society. So it can increase competitive but also cooperative behaviour depending on the circumstances.

This is why I think the drop in testosterone is such a problem for many men. Your brain does not optimize for success and SMV anymore.

Do you have a source for that. From what I have read testosterone increases novelty seeking and competitiveness.

Yes I have: some professor at Standford named Robert Sapolsky

Can’t speak for grandparent commentor, but I think they’re asking for the actual article which demonstrates the effects to which you’re alluding.

"Based on these recent findings, we argue that the role of testosterone in human social behavior might be best understood in terms of the search for, and maintenance of, social status."

https://www.zora.uzh.ch/58008/1/Testosterone_social_interact...

but I have to say that these "where is the source" posts are tiring and more often than not just a lazy attempt to destroy an argument with zero effort.

> but I have to say that these "where is the source" posts are tiring and more often than not just a lazy attempt to destroy an argument with zero effort.

Reviewing the literature is separate and distinct from entering into argumentation.

What is SMV?

sexual market value

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