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more about #testosterone more comments → mypsychoticself: Recently, my college newspaper has had a few articles about the growing gender gap (I believe we're around 60% female right now). Some of the problem... more » mcpm: I guess this is similar to how society considers it defeminizing for a woman to have a strong opinion - all that stuff about "shrill" and whatever. more » QoB: I'm so glad you picked this up. Popular discourse looooves the "it's just biology!" excuse for every type of gendered behaviour, when the actual scien... more » Casquivana: True fact: once, a doctor insisted on sending me to the endocrinologist to get my hormone levels checked, because my personality had a lot of "typical... more » girlleastlikelyto: I noticed something when observing the contestants voted off on So You Think You Can Dance? (This is very Scientific.) When the female contestants fin... more » Jessika: Just yesterday a male coworker said that men shouldn't act feminine and women shouldn't act masculine. The whole thing started because some football ... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: *sigh* More science? It's too haaaaard for my ladybrain around here today. "unless they were told they'd gotten the hormone. " Now that's just ... cr... more » zu_zu: I guess to me this just makes sense. I've always had a lot of guy friends and they are not really any different emotionally than are my female friends... more » smiley.smiley16: I smile: 1) When something genuinely makes me laugh. 2) When I spot a cute child, puppy, or duckling. 3) At the sight of Johnny Depp. Don't jus... more » staryberry: This fits in well with some linguistic research I heard about a couple of months ago. The word "bridge" is a masculine word in Spanish but a feminine... more » Lizabelle: This is vaguely self incriminating, but I find that when I see a woman who looks angry (or just has an angry resting facial position), I'm much more i... more » limber: You just know this is going to interact badly with the new eyelash-growing serum and throw down some weird side effects. Any guesses? I'm torn betwe... more » debbyherbenick: So glad to see more coverage of the medicalization of women's sexuality - it remains quite the controversial topic within my line of work (sexuality r... more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: I am suffering from overactive vagina syndrome. My boyfriend doesn't understand. #femalesexualdysfunction more » Ipomoea: I had RVS there for a while back in '99, but I cleared it up the old-fashioned way: moving back in with my parents. #femalesexualdysfunction more » -
#xxxy
Testosterone, Anger, And Greed: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Us
New research shows our gender stereotypes may be so ingrained that they influence how we see faces — yet what we believe about sex differences may be more influential than biology. More » -
#sexualhealing
Do You Suffer From Restless Vagina Syndrome?
The brilliant headline "Restless Vagina Syndrome" had me primed to giggle at whatever Terry J. Allen wrote underneath it, but instead, I ended up fuming at Big Pharma and the patriarchy. So, you know, must be Tuesday. More » -
#politicalaffairs
Cock The Vote
Researchers report that guys who voted for John McCain in 2008 experienced an immediate drop in testosterone when the results were announced, which means, perhaps, that Republicans trying to hook up on election night were doubly disappointed. [Science Daily] -
#testingtesting
Semenya's Testosterone Within Normal Range For Women
According to a test three years ago, Caster Semenya's testosterone levels were higher than average, but still within the acceptable range for women athletes. The test showed "she is definitely a woman," says a source from Athletics South Africa. [Guardian] -
#genderbending
Women Aren't Bad Traders, They Just Don't Have Enough Testosterone
Trust us, it's not sexism that keeps women out finance, it's science. Or so says the Economist. More » -
#genderstudies
Is Testosterone "Male"?
A recent study looking at testosterone, women and "risk behavior" coincides with the South African return of track and field star Caster Semenya (at left/above with Winnie Mandela), the runner who underwent "gender testing" after her record-breaking race last week.
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#deadlyladypoison
"Insidious" Estrogen May Give Men Beer Bellies
In middle-aged men, belly fat, low libido, high cholesterol, and osteporosis may all be caused by an excess of estrogen, which the Daily Fail calls "insidious." Guess they didn't hear about how hip guts are now. [Daily Mail] -
#leftovers
Hero & (Onetime) Baby Reunited After 4 Decades • Olympic Sports May Soon Be Open To Both Genders
• More than 40 years after William Carroll saved Evangeline Harper from a burning building, the two were reunited for a touching article in the Boston Globe. • More » -
