{"product_id":"testosterone-by-katrina-karkazis-9780674271081","title":"Testosterone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTechCrunch\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Read of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This subtle, important book forces rethinking not just about one particular hormone but about the way the scientific process is embedded in social context.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- Robert M. Sapolsky, author of \u003ci\u003eBehave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully written and important book. The authors present strong and persuasive arguments that demythologize and defetishize T as a molecule containing quasi-magical properties, or as exclusively related to masculinity and males.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A critique of both popular and scientific understandings of the hormone, and how they have been used to explain, or even defend, inequalities of power.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTestosterone\u003c\/i\u003e is a familiar villain, a ready culprit for everything from stock market crashes to the overrepresentation of men in prisons. But your testosterone level doesn't actually predict your appetite for risk, sex drive, or athletic prowess. It isn't the biological essence of manliness—in fact, it isn't even a male sex hormone. So what is it, and how did we come to endow it with such superhuman powers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eT's story begins when scientists first went looking for the chemical essence of masculinity. Over time, it provided a handy rationale for countless behaviours—from the boorish to the enviable. From heated debates about whether high-testosterone athletes have a natural advantage to disagreements over what it means to be a man or woman, testosterone is always in the news. Arresting and deeply informed, \u003ci\u003eTestosterone\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on what T does in six domains: reproduction, aggression, risk-taking, power, sports, and parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854892028140,"sku":"9780674271081","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674271081.jpg?v=1759258415","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/testosterone-by-katrina-karkazis-9780674271081","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}