Reply #168: excellent

[paulsby]

"There is a biological impetus for this as well, since males can impregnate many women at once, while a woman can only give birth once a year or so."

yes. biologically speaking, for me the optimal strategy is to impregnate as many women as possible, since he has (essentially) unlimited sperm.

even if he can only directly raise SOME of those kids, his DNA/Genetics will live on.

and there are few biological drives stronger than the continuation of YOUR dna.

contrarily, a woman can only give birth at most every 9 months, so she cannot "spread her seed". an optimal strategy for her is thus quite different than a man's.

"Ask any female athlete who's augmented with testosterone, and she'll tell you that throughout her regimen, she would have had sex with a lamp post.
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correct. men have, on average , 10X the endogenous T levels that women do. women, who supplement begin to exhibit more classic "man like" behaviors and drives.

which is yet another irrefutable example of how men and women are biologically determined to be different.

i train with some of the strongest women in the country, fwiw (i am a strength athlete). many of these women naturally have testosterone levels much higher than the average man.