Timeline for What mechanisms need to be in place for an advanced, peaceful society to retain high testosterone levels?
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 14:25 | comment | added | Spoki0 - Reinstate Monica | @fffred Confrontation, domination and power is not limited to fist-2-face, so there is nothing to say that it cannot be done within the confines of society. Ex. financial power, company takeovers, etc.. Even then, professional boxing, mma and similar sports can work as an outlet for the fist-2-face, yet does not make society less peaceful... Not to mention, as Rekesoft comments, testosterone is linked more strongly to other characteristics, and conflict is not solely caused by high testosterone. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 13:07 | comment | added | fffred | I guess anarchy was not the best word to express my point. But still, I DO think this was the point of the question. Indeed, it stems from scientific evidence that society organisation was accompanied by lower testosterone, thus suggesting that testosterone goes against such organisation. IMO, this is what the issue is about. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 12:51 | comment | added | Ynneadwraith | @fffred The question doesn't ask for the effects of the proposed change, only the method for doing so. It's an intriguing question, but I'm not surprised it hasn't been touched upon. I suspect the answer is far more complicated than 'testosterone=anarchy' though, especially if the original premise is true and anatomically modern humans with advanced cultures did have higher testosterone. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 12:11 | comment | added | fffred | I feel like this answer, just like the others, completely avoid the core of the problem: testosterone encourages more confrontation and search for domination/power. This disrupts the educational, political and cultural systems into more anarchy thus less peace and equality. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 12:06 | history | answered | Spoki0 - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |