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Effects of gendered behavior on testosterone in women and men

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van Anders, Sari M., Steiger, Jeffrey, Goldey, Katherine L.·2015·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: Human biology is typically studied within the framework of sex (evolved, innate factors) rather than gender (sociocultural factors), despite some attention to nature/nurture interactions. Testosterone is an exemplar of biology studied as natural difference: men’s higher testosterone is typically seen as an innate “sex” difference. However, our experiment demonstrates that gender-related social factors also matter, even for biological measures. Gender socialization may affect testosterone by encouraging men but not women toward behaviors that increase testosterone. This shows that research on human sex biology needs to account for gender socialization and that nurture, as well as nature, is salient to hormone physiology. Our paper provides a demonstration of a novel gender→testosterone pathway, opening up new avenues for studying gender biology.

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  • Gender-related attributes can influence biological outcomes thought primarily driven by sex-related attributes.

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Authors
van Anders, S. M., Steiger, J., & Goldey, K. L.
Affiliations
  • Departments of Psychology and Women’s Studies, Program in Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Science, Technology, and Society Programs, and Biosocial Methods Collaborative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
  • George Washington University (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2015-10-26
Volume
112
Issue
45
Pages
13805-13810
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W1831614167
Cited by
144
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10
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15.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
testosterone, gender norms, gendered behavior, competition, masculinity, sex differences, gender socialization, nature-nurture interaction, gender stereotypes
MeSH terms
Adult, Competitive Behavior, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Male, Michigan, Radioimmunoassay, Saliva, Sex Characteristics, Testosterone

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