Testosterone is my favourite hormone, a focus of my research. In the public mind it is the body’s most potent chemical, making the diference between a 90-pound weakling and a he-man, between a milquetoast and a lothario. Steroid analogues, stacked by muscle builders, are supposed to cause out-of-control ?’roid rages?. Some people – lieve an injection of testosterone propelled Floyd Landis from also-ran to his ?mirac- lous Stage 17? of the Tour de France. The hormone has become part of the language of popular cultureT . he New York Times carried the following passages in the previous 2 weeks: ?I always thought downtown had a high testosterone level?, referring to the high ma- to-female ratio of residents in lower Manhattan (14 April 2007). ?It is the kind of gathering that, at its most primal, has testosterone fowing more freely than the on-the-house spirits?, referring to a news conference prior to a boxing match (20 April 2007). ?[T]hese are testosterone-fueled domains, largely defnedby bulging muscles and e- ploding guns?, in a review of an action movie (20 April 2007). ?[T]his flm is about [auto racing] surfaces, for young men with testosterone to burn?, from a review of another action movie (14 April 2007). .eText ISBN: 9783540698623
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