Testosterone-Fueled Infantile Males Might Be a Product of Mom's Behavior
ScienceDaily (May 10, 2012) — By comparing the testosterone levels of five-month old pairs of twins, both identical and non-identical, University of Montreal researchers were able to establish that testosterone levels in infancy are not inherited genetically but rather determined by environmental factors....
Unless it's Dad's fault, or some other environmental cause. But you'd never guess from the headline of that article that the researcher's really don't know the cause, just that is is environmental rather than genetic. "The study was not designed to specifically identify these environmental factors which could include a variety of environmental conditions, such as maternal diet, maternal smoking, breastfeeding and parent-child interactions."
But hey: how boring. Let's blame Mom, just like we did for autism. That stuck for decades!
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