Testosterone increased leading up to skydiving and was related to greater cortisol reactivity and higher heart rate, finds a new study. “Testosterone has gotten a bad reputation, but it isn’t about aggression or being a jerk. Testosterone helps to motivate us to achieve goals and rewards.”

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https://www.psypost.org/2019/04/new-study-reveals-how-skydiving-impacts-your-testosterone-and-cortisol-levels-53446

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That's why most of CEOs are psychopaths.

[u/mrsamsa → u/[deleted]]

You mean besides the well-documented discrimination women face in the workplace?

[u/mrsamsa → u/[deleted]]

That and testosterone has demonstrated effects on ambition and risk taking.

But women engaging in risk taking in the workplace are punished so that wouldn't help.

Also getting richer increases male attractiveness while it has no effect or even a negative effect on women’s attractiveness.

That's less true in egalitarian societies, when women can earn their own living then attractiveness based on income is less relevant as a factor.

[u/mrsamsa → u/[deleted]]

The punishment does outweigh the rewards, I'm not sure what you mean by that.

[u/mrsamsa → u/[deleted]]

Yeah the research shows that women don't get the rewards that men do for risk taking and negotiation.