How Testosterone and Culture Shape Behavior | Carole K. Hooven | TED

[@thebestone11-r9y]

A book that changed my life in ways that I never could imagine is "Secret Testosterone Nexus of Evolution".Drop whatever you're doing right now and go find that book. Trust me after I implemented things from the book my testosterone levels went beast mode

[@culturewarsdiplomacy]

What I gathered from the talk 1: males and females are different 2: aggression is natural and discovering healthy outlets for aggression is better than demonizing male tendencies and trying to force men to be women. Also she didn’t say it outright but more than or less than type behaviors doesn’t mean a girl who enjoys MMA isn’t a female or a woman. It means statistically they are less likely to enjoy such things as their male counter parts.

[@KlimovArtem1]

Yep. So strange, that these basic things need to be explained to adult people.

[@KootFloris]

Play is how nature invented learning. It is essential for personal development.

[@platero814]

so refreshing that she is so genuine, and talks about real life and things we can all relate to, vs all the insufferable pundits and experts that drill us to death with their data and expertise

[@shorgoth]

she's an expert, she just vulgarize it for the general crowd. You clearly don't understand what expert mean.

[@ghassankabbach2006]

Crazy how such a boring self evident topic that would have excited no one a few years back, is now somehow top exciting controversial stuff. Nice talk. Good for her.

[@frydac]

the pendulum will keep swinging back and forth

[@rabindraniroula1964]

Truth and sense of humor doesn't let me skip this video for a once.

[@erik_midtskogen]

I recently got to experience in my own body how changes in testosterone and estrogen affect the mind. As part of treatment for prostate cancer, I was injected with drugs for the purpose of lowering my testosterone to a small fraction of the level that even women have. It started with Firmagon, which, I believe, mainly affects testosterone while leaving estrogen levels intact. I didn't notice much change. Maybe I had a little less vigor and energy, but it was no big deal. Then, simply because Lupron was available in a long-lasting shot, and to spare everyone the inconvenience of repeated visits for shots, I was switched to Lupron, which was originally developed for the purpose of lowering estrogen levels, and lowers testosterone more as a side-effect. That was when the "fun" began. I was so depressed, absent-minded, and cognitively disordered that I could barely function. I know I got an extreme example of lowered estrogen (much lower than that of menopausal women), and yet, I have to express my admiration for women's ability to function while their estrogen levels are fluctuating up and down, and not end up killing themselves or others. It has a much stronger effect on the mimd than testosterone, based on my experience.

[@user-ch4mm7dy3g]

Carole left TED here with death and doxxing threats,giving that talk to that audience was ballsy

[@OriginsandFirsts-2024]

testosterone drives traits like aggression, but culture decides how we express them

[@flowofsilk]

💯

[@darkhorseman8263]

Testosterone doesn't drive aggression. It amplifies existing behaviour. Highly empathetic, peaceful people become more peaceful if you boost their testosterone levels. Getting tired of misinformation posing as science. It's not like we can't use meta-analysis to filter out fake science and engineering agendas.

[@quantumblurrr]

There’s an epidemic of men acting out of insecurity, Andrew Tate types took their rejection at a young age and turned it into… whatever you call that incel stuff. I remember so many positive male role models growing up, feels like that standard has plummeted

[@HebertoLopez]

False.

[@OriginsandFirsts-2024]

@@HebertoLopez Thanks for your note. But how?

[@donaldauguston9740]

Outstanding talk. I'd love for this woman to do a follow up video. DA

[@KlimovArtem1]

13:30 - I like this thought a lot.

[@matthewjay660]

So many of my female teacher colleagues do not subscribe to these beliefs and constantly suppress my boys when they want to play rough on the playground and in gym. I let my boys play roughly with each other AND surveil over then when they do. 👨🏻‍🏫👦

[@laliday]

This is all good until one of them punches someone who didn't ask for it in the nose or bullies someone. I agree they should play. But they also must learn to exercise good judgement while playing. They don't just play with one another, they play with girls too. Girls like to be active, but they don't necessarily want to be punched in the nose or pushed down the stairs. Both things happened to a kid I know. If you find this play to be beneficial (I do too) have them do some activities after school with kids that like it. As a girl, it was scary to play with boys who would throw balls at kids using as much strength as possible. It was also disturbing to see 7th-8th grade boys jumping on each other, and making things less safe for those walking by. This then turns to men who like to crowd surf at concerts, and then fall on smaller women. That's just selfish and narcissistic. They must learn to respect others boundaries somehow. Again, they can play, but they should not hurt any bystander or participant.

[@matthewjay660]

@@laliday I NEVER TOLERATE bullying when I see it because I WAS BULLIED. My girls are slick at bullying boys. They do it silently like take a color marker right out of a boy's hand. They sometimes do punch another in the gym. I send the punched kid to the school RN, and then I have a LEARNING OPPORTUNITY to the other kid. We discuss, and THEN I PUNISH.. They know the rules because I lay them down at the BEGINNING of the school year and I tell them DAILY about making good choices. What's school IF NOT A PLACE TO LEARN? 👨🏻‍🏫 Please stop being an armchair child psychologist and leave it to the professionals. This is my 15th year.

[@dryzalizer]

I wish she had worked in the behavioral expectations at school and why boys are lagging so far behind girls in education.

[@keithfiredive]

I’m very pleased and surprised to see this TED. After removing the talk from Coleman Hughes. And pushing some talks that enflame unsupported culture war ideas. It was starting to seem biased and ideologically captured. Maybe they made some internal changes in their staff and mission? I’m glad to see a guest addressing something that we aren’t supposed to be talking about, but should be.

[@-AkhilTej-]

🧬💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎🧬 लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु ( May all beings lead prosperous life across Globe 🌍 )

[@SiobhanIsntShane]

As a trans woman (i feel this clarifier is needed for this haha) this was really interesting to watch, and I really wonder how the intersection of biology and culture intersect to get people like me to exist. Interesting talk! :)

[@uIz-slc]

I dont know much about trans people, but is it possible that many of them simply have a hormone inbalance or experience of sexual abuse when being young or things like that? I dont want to come aross as confrontational, but I am curious what you think and know about this as a trans woman. I believe that most of those kind of people are not born with these tendencies or feelings, but rather experiences and inbalance in the body becasue of things we eat or do.

[@SiobhanIsntShane]

@@uIz-slc sexual abuse is not really a factor in it lol. Out of the many trans people I know, none of them were sexually abused as children. Hormone imbalance is also rare, but still possible. I think it's more likely to be about cultural experiences rather than anything else. Because the base of human behaviour might be based in biology, but the way we express gender is more cultural than anything else, there is still very little difference between male and female sexes than people believe. It's sad how people have turned a kind of fun side effect of humans being trans or gay into being something immoral and wrong.

[@SiobhanIsntShane]

@@uIz-slc also thanks for being curious, people usually shut off when they hear anything about trans issues

[@vnxn10]

​@@SiobhanIsntShane yh cos it's not normal

[@SiobhanIsntShane]

@@vnxn10 lmao, I'm aware

[@matthewrank109]

11:45 she just described the mass shooter class

[@NickTheMagnificent]

Some ppl aren’t going to like this…

[@Sq7Arno]

These kind of conversations are good and healthy. What could be more toxic than a repressed instinct which has never had a healthy outlet? The challenge for a sustainable society is not to employ repression as the default "solution" to people's proclivities. That solves nothing. The urge remains. Unacknowledged, unexplored, unmastered. The challenge is to devise means through which people can act out their instinctive tendencies without harm to others. And the obvious answer is indeed play, I think.

[@iskillmind]

Thank you 🎉

[@sheilaross1449]

Ok, her ultimate thesis is, I think, not terribly controversial. I mean, there's not much to it, and crying about her son's embryonic testicles is a little odd, but - and I say this as a trans ally who knows a number of trans people - there's nothing on the surface here about the point she seems to be trying to make that I find offensive. I do find it odd that she felt the need to specifically bring up trans people right in the beginning - and then never mention them again - when this talk is allegedly just about how hormones affect behaviour. I mean, yes, of course they do. And yes, from a strictly reproductive standpoint, yes, there are two sets of "equipment" involved. Like, no s&#$@t Sherlock. But why bring transgenderism into this? Yes, to some extent hormones are involved, obviously, but if that were the only factor, wouldn't simple HRT stop gender dysphoria? It doesn't seem to. It's almost like being trans involves a whole bunch of factors. Perhaps we should trust the direct experience of medical professionals who work with trans people on the regular, rather than specialists in one tiny area that just happens to relate to a much bigger picture. Also of note is what comes up when you Google her. A lot of connections to right wing media. Her defending her choice to appear on Fox News (which, I remind you, isn't actually a trustworthy news source) talking about this stuff. An article on why she quit Harvard complaining about DEI, featured in The Free Press (which currently has an article on its front page about how it should be okay to say a transphobic slur because gay men made it up and have been saying it for years). Continued discussion of Imane Khelif's case when it's obvious she was a cis woman all along. If you are truly trying to be banal and neutral, then maybe consider the company you keep? No, I don't think she should be harassed and threatened. But also, if it's not about trans people, then stop bringing them up. Stop attacking simple efforts to make the world more inclusive. Also, what exactly is her point here? Boys will be boys? Ok then. Real earth shattering.

[@6Diego1Diego9]

Her husband Alex Byrne, is an anti-trans activist.

[@NickTheMagnificent]

Wait, so nature is real?!?

[@PeterZeeke]

Rip comments sections

[@StigHelmer]

Once in a blue moon TED publishes a good video... 👍

[@ncamisilengcongca]

Riiiiiiiiiight!!!!!

[@breathspinecore]

Bravo!!! So well said, in so many ways.

[@Methadras]

Science shouldn’t be a weaponized language and anyone who engages with science from that vein is neither science based but rather is a dishonest person.

[@B.Michael.3.0]

This was disappointing for many reasons. The quality of TED talks has plummeted. It used to be about topics of curiosity, enlightenment, and encourage intellectual debate. This is silly surface propaganda that belongs on TikTok. I really don’t think the underlining testosterone science is incorrect, it’s just not TED talk worthy. It’s sort of a 101 class. Maybe elementary school level of thought.

[@EtienneLeBoeuf]

I went from 334 to 960 in around 3 months all natural no TRT. This book should be essential reading for all men who are looking to increase testosterone levels. Written by a 50s guy with natural T levels higher than most 20s guys Complete guide to testosterone by james Francis

[@sjg1816b]

Not related, then relate them together, kind of evolved thinking and assertion.

[@takumiyamasaki261]

15 minutes of video on a TED talk ... and she just say nothing relevant!

[@Jay-x3s3q]

you do not have to listen man , it’s optional??

[@bswanlim5986]

I used this for CPS project lol

[@BamaBrightside]

Great information. Thank you for sharing the science supported facts.

[@altair-x]

How can one learn reproductive skills through play? what does play have to do with reproduction? Yes it may be related to it, but the link isn't direct.

[@lilu_multipass_5thelement_1995]

As a chid-free, I don't wanna hear anything about these skills.

[@uIz-slc]

where did she claim that it helps in learning reproductive skills?

[@altair-x]

@@uIz-slc view the manuscript, you’ll find it eventually.

[@uIz-slc]

@@altair-x manuscript? how do acces it? what is it?

[@altair-x]

@@uIz-slc It should be bellow the video description.

[@onjofilms]

Testosterone unfortunately caused my focus to deviate from the theme of the talk to how well those jeans fit her.

[@jasonsworld333]

Yikes

[@lilu_multipass_5thelement_1995]

That's the same with me, and I'm a female btw

[@lilu_multipass_5thelement_1995]

That's the same with me and I'm a female btw

[@dmchez]

lol I was thinking the same thing. She’s got a rockin mom bod. (From a fellow mom 😜)

[@generalenglish8116]

That's the best I've ever heard:)

[@garcipat]

Interesting talk. I wonder if they waited for publishing it until the olimpics were over. otherwise this would fuel the discussions over high testosterone individuals in competitions.

[@TheEvolver311]

@garcipat why? Everyone at the Olympic level is an anomaly.

[@garcipat]

@@TheEvolver311 as said, maybe it would have fueled the discussions.

[@سیروس.مریدی]

رفتارهای مذکر گونه در انسانهای مذکر با رفتار های گوناگون خرد و کلان ،،همین اصل در گونه های مذکر غیر انسانی هم قابل مشاهده هست،،حتی در پیوند گونه برخی از درختان دوباره به اصل خودشان بر می گرنند ..

[@sirchadiusmaximusiii]

Not buying into someone else’s delusion is not “weaponizing the science”, it’s a refusal to be manipulated into lying to themselves about reality. Having empathy for someone is one thing, being forced to change your reality for someone else is lunacy.

[@thereligion4169]

Implicitly you’ve seen fit to do the thing you’re critical of. “Being forced to change your reality for someone else” is what you attempt to do rationalizing your own explanation against the one provided by science and the advance of technology. The reason this behavior is legitimized in a modern context is because of the governments’ efforts to contain college protests after the rise of admissions of the working class in the 70s post great space race and nuclear arms race where instead of pumping out weaponry and nuclear advancement, college students- particularly working class and lower- began instead to scrutinize, dismantle, and see through narratives crafted by the government in collusion with corporations and media. There was too much faith in the sciences to improve life against the wishes of the aristocracy, airline travel was invented, x-ray, anesthesia advanced, psychology promised a pathway to the common man to share in the psychosocial stability of the ruling class which offered solidarity, the biggest threat to growing corporate autocracy. These scientists as many are- are too focused on material bases of explanation for perpetuation of behavior, it exists in the cultural domain. Once the ruling class saw the threat protests posed out of college against the Vietnam war they invented the rhetorical anti-science and educational narrative, which gave way to private colleges, legitimized neo-liberal ideals of less study more building private wealth, and now we have an undereducated blind working class meant to divide itself and delegitimize the ways in which it can reconstitute itself. I know this being in the field and working with several brilliant people who’ve been at it for years with innovative solutions to many problems being heavily suppressed and cut funding to.

[@TheEvolver311]

Lol you did not even listen to the talk you just heard like 10 seconds and got triggered and posted

[@Dimitris_Half]

Chad jpg detected, opinion rejected

[@bursucu2912]

@sirchadiusmaximusiii True

[@quantumblurrr]

Another victim of culture war bs. Be better and learn basic critical thinking

[@WizardImp]

Why even bring up the trans thing? Just let the talk speak for itself.

[@mariaantoniettamontella9173]

brava

[@tom-kz9pb]

It is ironic that our society is troubled at the same time by toxic overdose of testosterone, but declining sperm counts. Men need to conceive of a better model of what masculinity should be, emphasizing positive attributes like courage, protection of the vulnerable, etc, and not negative attitudes like open crudeness, bragging, bullying, etc ( i,e. not like Trump). Hating transsexuals is not necessary for making you a man.

[@vnxn10]

hmmmmm 🤔

[@SoyDuckHot]

TED is DED

[@UrAbrarArtist]

❤❤❤

[@klarinuskuipers8999]

Focussing on a single variable Testosterone does not explain why plenty of women are more dominant than men. Especially considering they almost always have 20 times less Testosterone than their partner. Testosterone is similar to adrinaline. The male body produces more energy than that of a female because of testosterone. Testosterone leads to more physical restlessness in the male body and learning how to deal with this restlessness is vital. As the speaker said, Supressing this energy and restlessness is never a good option and only leads to more social problems when that male is an adult. Fearing or resenting this restlessness in young males is common in many western societies. And as a result all to often we force and surpress this energy. And by doing so create the men we will fear and resent. Mothers have an active role in this either way.

[@laliday]

Where are fathers in this? Why aren't they parenting or spending more time with them? Women do what they are comfortable with. Men can too. No one stops them, they just seem to be interested in other things

[@klarinuskuipers8999]

@@laliday please show me the dad who fears or resents his son's masculine energy. I would love to meet him.

[@caninec1836]

its sad to see an endocrinologist be so defensive about transgender people, when Transgender people are the ultimate case study about the effects of testosterone, alot can be learnt from them. (that's not so say this video doesn't contain many good points)

[@Amy_Sloth]

Yeah, I mean I'm literally removing my testosterone production and my best friend is adding exogenous testosterone to himself. Studying trans people more(we are severely understudied) would honestly help provide more evidence for or against what she's claiming. I'm skeptical of what she's claiming if only because I certainly had no propensity for play-fighting as a kid and my experience was a lot more relatable with girls and women even before I started HRT and I have known plenty of us trans women are like that growing up tbh Edit: also, I still would say socialization plays a huge role. Parents do, whether consciously or subconsciously, instill a lot of their ideas of gender roles on kids. There've been plenty of studies done where when children think no adult is watching they don't exhibit gender rolled behaviors as much as when they are being watched by an adult. She's definitely ignoring a lot of counter-evidence

[@TheEvolver311]

@caninec1836 Well, they have been publicly shamed, etc....for stating biological facts. It's not the dumb stuff a Jordan Peterson would parent but things like the effects of Hormone blockers can be irreversible because the skeleton is done developing at around 17 years old the bones fuse and no longer grow. Now I'm not saying anything negative I support medial transition for the individuals who's doctors approved for the treatment and monitor them throughout.

[@homewall744]

What's the study about Canadian boys being less violent than US boys? Is this a comparison based on like backgrounds? Most of the violent boys in the US are in certain zip codes.

[@onepiece-cz2vp]

lucky kid

[@homewall744]

The do gooders who hope to overcome Nature are the silliest of all.

[@dinomiles7999]

Whats her point ?

[@slrbodz2656]

Don’t try to feminise young boys otherwise you will experience true toxic masculinity.

[@JuanPellat]

Contrarianism and edginess

[@EtAl774]

Is she wrong?

[@워니챌린지]

What could the topic of this video be?! I'm not getting it. Could someone explain it simply, please?

[@MB-kx5qs]

BS

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

0:07 She got this wrong. Every single person in that room has testosterone flowing through them. Same with estrogen.

[@carolehooven4134]

0:43 "This is testosterone. Both sexes have it, but men have much more than women, about 15 to 20 times more."

[@yoonp.6140]

You got her wrong

[@Kyp031]

I'm here for the comments. Didn't even watch because I don't care.

[@Rocinante808]

the first Ted talk speaker that admits a federal crime?

[@freeKick185]

Interesting

[@yoonp.6140]

everyone who thinks men and women can be equal should watch this

[@oxymoron500]

Equal in what?

[@lilu_multipass_5thelement_1995]

Well, as a woman, I find the possibility to change multiple partners quite appealing. I'm not hardwired to monogamy, frankly speaking and find one husband I can live happily ever after boring

[@Dnttou0497]

Here’s a question: do you believe the lives of men and women are equal in value?

[@chocomalk]

I agree with her premise but sometimes the urge to paint only men as being violent misses the mark. Women can be quite aggressive and I think only their lack of physicality prevents them from going full throttle.

[@Dimitris_Half]

Absolutely nobody claimed that

[@chocomalk]

@@Dimitris_Half She didn't outright make the claim but it is basically implied.

[@Dimitris_Half]

@@chocomalk So she never said it, got it 👍

[@chocomalk]

@@Dimitris_Half I never said she did, do you get that? But the whole videos premise is about men being the violent ones, you don;t have to say the obvious, duh. My point is more of one shared by society.

[@Dimitris_Half]

@@chocomalk so why do you even made such assumption? Did you even watched the video?

[@whaletailmining136]

tiny little testes! lmfaoooooooooooo

[@JS-jh4cy]

Bs

[@uIz-slc]

What part of it is bs?

[@gregolsen7102]

Atropine???😂

[@MILSPECMOM]

Ted talk has gone to shyte. What is this garbage?

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

You should watch the whole thing. She said "We should encourage masculinity in boys". She didn't give a woke conclusion. I was surprised.

[@ForAnAngel]

@@dialecticalmonist3405 Or maybe she was hoping for a woke conclusion and was disappointed?

[@mamo100]

​@@dialecticalmonist3405 ohh, really? I thought we should do the opposite way.

[@reggierule]

Sounds made up

[@Dragon_fruit_genziara]

Zrobisz Marysia besti ?❤

[@AlaahAkbr-q9c]

God loves you and cares for you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this large universe and controls it completely. The greatest loss a person loses in this life is that he lives without knowing God who created him and knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. Great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and after that you have the choice to believe in it or not to believe in it. I advise you to do this now, before you no longer have time to do so. Life is very short. It is just a test, just a passage to eternal life. Great advice to those who... Understands

[@dinomiles7999]

Sam Harris and I disagree ❤. But if it works for you , go for it ❤. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Decentralization ❤. Eyes mind heart and soul wide open. NO FEAR ❤.

[@uIz-slc]

Salamun Alaykum from Turkey. May Allah guide us all to the straight path and increase us in knowledge and wisdom and humility.

[@Aragorn-87]

Christ is KING ✝️

[@michelhedley1805]

I am god and so thank you for thinking of me.

[@dinomiles7999]

@@michelhedley1805 me too . ! Eyes mind heart ♥ and soul wide open . NO FEAR!

[@elrevesyelderecho]

9:38 Yes. It's called puberty blockers

[@mbergamin16]

Testosterone has built, and continues to build the the world around you. Choose your battles wisely 🫠

[@Amy_Sloth]

Estrogens have too. Without it no one would be born

[@oxymoron500]

Testosterone didn't build anything, people do

[@jhe9521]

yes, testosterone affects body/brain/behaviour, and the science of that is interesting, but infertile people didn't die out, and intersex people have always existed, so like slime mold * altho individuals belong to defineable groups & some form of heirarchy seems to be at play, reproduction always allows for all types ~ not every chimp leader's child will become a chimp leader, but non-leaders will not die out, even if they're infertile;; genes hold more diverse info than the obvious, and such healthy diversity is what makes leaders and breeders possible ㋡ (* utube "the insane biology of: slime mold")