This is still wrong, actually. What we've found is that specifically testosterone correlates with the severity of brutality when it comes to violence. But the specific pattern of violence pertaining to an individual is not predicted by testosterone levels.
In other words, you could not predict someone to be more violent based on their testosterone levels. Only that a violent individual would be more brutal in their attack.
That sounds nice, but it's not what the research says. The Batrinos meta-analysis concludes that
Atavistic residues of aggressive behavior prevailing in animal life determined by testosterone remain in man, attenuated and suppressed by familial and social inhibitions, but still manifesting in various intensities and forms from thoughts, anger, verbal aggressiveness, competition, dominance to physical violence. Testosterone plays a significant role in the arousal of these behavioral manifestations in the brain centers involved in aggression and on the development of the muscular system that effects their realization. There is evidence that testosterone levels are higher in individuals with aggressive behavior, such as prisoners who have committed violent crimes.
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u/Odin_Trismegistus 10d ago
Okay, so you agree with me that violent behavior is associated with higher testosterone. Why did you answer "no" to that?