Prof. Cordelia Fine: Testosterone Rex - Unshackling communities from a gendered mindset

An episode of the Communities in Control podcast, hosted by Our Community, titled "Prof. Cordelia Fine: Testosterone Rex - Unshackling communities from a gendered mindset" was published on May 29, 2017 and runs 38 minutes.

May 29, 2017 ·38m · Communities in Control

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Testosterone Rex is that familiar story that tells us that risk-taking, competitive, promiscuous masculinity evolved in males to increase their reproductive success, and is therefore built into the male brain and fuelled by testosterone. This belief that "boys will be boys" can (subtly or otherwise) encourage, excuse or exculpate behaviour and patterns that impede progress to healthier communities. But Testosterone Rex is based on outdated science, Cordelia Fine argues. As The Guardian put it, this "is a debunking rumble that ought to inspire a roar.

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