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skn133229 t1_j1fsuqz wrote

Not sure how much culture is a confounding factor here. All subjects are from the same country and pool is only 151 participants. Wonder how strong are the correlations found. Also why exclude women? Testosterone should have the same effect on them no?

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SilentHackerDoc t1_j1hhdd3 wrote

Why would testosterone have same effect on women? That's never been true of any sex hormone. Look what estrogen and progesterone do in men vs women. It sounds like you have no education on hormones.

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skn133229 t1_j1hrusp wrote

You can't exclude women of a serious study based on these silly assumptions that the results might be different. Results in women would provide the kind of nuance in the conclusions that would strengthen this paper. Because this type of study only offers correlations between properties and does not establish causation, you need all the nuances you can get. This is not even a biological study, because it not linking testosterone to other biological functions. It is linking biology to intangible constructs such as generosity so I am not sure what the excuse is. I would argue that if testosterone has this effect on generosity, the effect would be more pronounced in women because this group tends to have lower levels of this hormone in general so any increase in level relative to the average would yield marked differences in generosity. Unfortunately the study does not provide the necessary data to evaluate this hypothesis. Merry Christmas!

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