i have tried both testosterone and estrogen (trans). Testosterone rage is definitely real and so is estrogen mood swings. It's not like the movies though, moreso you can't solve a puzzle so you ragequit and just are really pissed off sulking on the couch.
Same thing happens no matter the hormones but it's WAY less common to me on E.
estrogen will make you cry over a pidgin because it walks cute. I genuinely can't describe it.
What testosterone really does is when your status is being challenged, testosterone makes you do whatever you need to do to maintain status. You can have an economic game where people get status by making generous offers and give people testosterone and they become more generous in the game. In other words, if you shot up a whole bunch of Buddhist monks with testosterone, they would run amok doing random acts of kindness all over the place.
I can think of one male friend who prefers handshakes, but the rest, we all hug at each greeting and parting and regularly tell each other we love one another.
23 Comments
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 52 pts · 324d
Testosterone makes the boys more cuddly? Explains a lot.
0x0@infosec.pub · 32 pts · 324d
Roid rage is mostly a myth when it comes to regular T
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 14 pts · 324d
I know, just didn't realize it could potentially be the opposite.
FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 324d
Testosterone doesn't create, it exacerbates. So the cuddly becomes more cuddly
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 322d
i have tried both testosterone and estrogen (trans). Testosterone rage is definitely real and so is estrogen mood swings. It's not like the movies though, moreso you can't solve a puzzle so you ragequit and just are really pissed off sulking on the couch.
Same thing happens no matter the hormones but it's WAY less common to me on E.
estrogen will make you cry over a pidgin because it walks cute. I genuinely can't describe it.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 323d
The gym makes so much more sense now.
This2ShallPass@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 323d
Testosterone doesn't make you aggressive
ickplant@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 324d
Study in question: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/08/esc_testosterone_animal_study_15-08-2022/story.html
Zkuld@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 323d
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0453
SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 324d
Looks like a Rodentdendron.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 323d
Welcome to Gerbil Orgy. We just begin cuddle puddle. You will join?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 323d
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 324d
Then why is there an odd number of gerbils?
OfficeMonkey@lemmy.today · 26 pts · 323d
Someone had to take the picture!
SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 324d
Pepper couldn't make the shoot.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 323d
Because you are bad at counting. There's one more at the very end, behind the branch. You can only see an eye and an ear.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 323d
You're right!
Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 323d
I can think of one male friend who prefers handshakes, but the rest, we all hug at each greeting and parting and regularly tell each other we love one another.
We don't really cuddle all that often though.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 323d
Sounds like maybe you're too much of a pussy to cuddle your boys?
Godric@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 323d
I get it, I too am filled with immense rage and could use a hug, it checks out!
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 7 pts · 323d
Pair-bonded? This is just what we in the field of Gender Studies call homosocial.
::: spoiler Just in Case /s :::
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 323d
I envy these creatures, they get to cuddle all the time, and not worry about someone overthinking it.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 323d
......and they also looked like gerbils?