steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer) (02/07/84)
I recall a TV show, where an expert endrocineologist was explaining what the various effects of the common sexual hormones. What was most interesting was his anylisis of Testosterone: Males have approxamitely 100-150 times the amount of testosterone that females do. The hormone is responsible for many effects, including the development of male characteristics in humans: beard growth, mussle development, and overall growth. Testosterone has also been shown to be the major cause of aggressiveness in humans. In this context "agressive" does not always mean "bad", since it is responsible for sports, scientific rivalry, and (once upon a time) 'the hunting instinct'. However, some children are brought up incorrectly. They are taught to be brutality, and violence. While this has little effect on women, it turns the emotional (chemical) aggression of some men towards injuring others: Murder, Assault, Rape, etc. As a solution, this fellow said the age old practice of castration would do quite nicely, (since it would reduce the level of testosterone in the criminal). However he did admit, that in our present society, this would be unlikely to be followed out. Instead, he reccomended "chemical castration", with an implant introducing some drugs which would reduce the level of testosterone in the criminals body (and incedently make him sterile for the span of the treatment). Steven Maurer p.s. Incedently, this fellow said that testosterone and some derivatives was the chemical cause of female amorousness (i.e. sexual excitement). He was afraid that "chemical rape" might become common in the future (DMOSL mixed with a chemical similar to testosterone would become the new way of imperceptable persuasion). This "chemical rape" will be whole different bag of tea as a crime, if it ever gets prevalent (it might not even be considered "rape", since alchohol also is used in a like manner today).