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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Thank you to the publisher and author for a copy to read and review!
My main reason for wanting to read this book stems from the fact I was on systemic (full body) testosterone for a year due to the birth control pill blocking my production of testosterone in my body. Essentially, I was without testosterone for who knows how long!
I wanted to read a book detailing what testosterone does to the body, and really wanted to be picky and see if this book detailed females being on testosterone. Unfortunately, there wasn't many examples of the type of testosterone treatment I was on, but instead focused on transitioning females to males, as well as hormonal deficiencies in fetuses that affect later life.
This was a very knowledgeable book though about bodily functions, sexual drives, and hormonal changes that testosterone can cause. I recommend reading this book if you have any interest in hormones.
My main reason for wanting to read this book stems from the fact I was on systemic (full body) testosterone for a year due to the birth control pill blocking my production of testosterone in my body. Essentially, I was without testosterone for who knows how long!
I wanted to read a book detailing what testosterone does to the body, and really wanted to be picky and see if this book detailed females being on testosterone. Unfortunately, there wasn't many examples of the type of testosterone treatment I was on, but instead focused on transitioning females to males, as well as hormonal deficiencies in fetuses that affect later life.
This was a very knowledgeable book though about bodily functions, sexual drives, and hormonal changes that testosterone can cause. I recommend reading this book if you have any interest in hormones.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
Antropologul și biologul de la Harvard, Carole Hooven, urmărește istoria evoluției testosteronului până la cele mai recente cercetări pentru a ilumina biologia reală a masculinității . Testosteronul poate fi cel mai faimos jucător din lumea biologiei umane. O prezentăm ca o explicație pentru masculinitatea toxică și agresiunea sexuală, un motiv pentru a împiedica unele femei să concureze în anumite sporturi , o sursă mistică de vitalitate și atracție sexuală și chiar un factor determinant în modul în care copiii aleg diferite jucării cu care să se joace . Dar poate un hormon - o moleculă excepțională, formată din hidrogen, oxigen și carbon - să explice într-adevăr o astfel de gamă de trăsături comportamentale? În T, Hooven se bazează pe cele două decenii de studiu ale testosteronului la oameni și alte mamifere pentru a arăta că T este mult mai influent decât își dau seama majoritatea oamenilor. T - și modul în care vorbim despre asta - ne afectează relațiile, grupurile sociale, obiectivele profesionale, identitățile, rolurile parentale, siguranța fizică, sistemul de justiție și multe altele.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
"Here, for me, are two headliners. [...] Sex differences in humans are relatively small compared to chimps and many other species. [...] We humans have evolved big brains and the capacity to reflect on our choices. Relatedly, we have constructed fabulously sophisticated societies, which serve as a repository and generator of knowledge, to be transmitted and extended through the generations. Unlike chimps, we can learn about our evolutionary origins and the resulting biochemical mechanisms in our bodies."
The audiobook narration is simply too bad for me to listen to 🤷♀️ The tone is off, the emphasis choice within sentences is ... just wrong. Perhaps this narrator would be better suited to a different genre. The author is very well spoken and easy to listen to on podcasts, I wish she had narrated her own book.