Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

My guest today is Dr. Carol Hoeven.

She's co-director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology

at Harvard University and an author.

Testosterone is a hell of a drug.

It causes many things to happen in both men and women, but it's dividing opinion even

more than it's dividing the sexes.

This isn't great for calming conversations, bridging differences or finding common ground.

However, it's a fascinating topic to dig into.

Expect to learn what it's like for women who go on testosterone to feel what male sex

drive is like, why male deer in Scotland grow antlers and fight their best friends for

a few months every year, whether maternal instinct is a myth, why testosterone even exists

at all, the differences between male and female orgasms, whether sex is a spectrum, and

much more.

This was a pretty moving episode.

Carol is obviously very emotionally connected to the work that she does.

She is concerned about putting forward opinions that are out of vogue, I suppose, in the

academy.

I find her very charming.

Her work is pretty robust and she seems like a very nice person just trying to do her

best in a community that really doesn't like what she's got to say.

I appreciate that she was open and honest and vulnerable today.

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