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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

What creates the differences between the sexes?

Now many would point to culture, and my guests today would agree that culture certainly

shapes us, but she'd also argue that at the core of the divergence of the sexes, and

in particular, of how men think and behave, is one powerful hormone.

Testosterone.

Her name is Dr. Carol Hoeven, she's a Harvard biologist and the author of T, the story

of testosterone, the hormone that dominates and divides us.

Today on the show, Carol explains the arguments that are made against testosterone's influence

on shaping men into men, and why she doesn't think they hold water.

She then impacts the argument for how testosterone does function as the driving force in sex differences,

and how it fundamentally shapes the bodies and minds of males.

We delve into where T is made, how much of it men have compared to women, and what historical

cases of castration tell us about the centrality of testosterone in male development.

We then discuss how T shapes males, starting in the womb and going into puberty and beyond,

before turning into its influence and athletic performance.

And we inter-conversation with Carol's impassionably for celebrating what's great about men.

After shows over, check out our show notes at a-m dot i s slash T.

Carol Hoeven, welcome to the show.

So you got a book called T, the story of testosterone, the hormone that dominates and divides

us.

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