What Makes Men And Women Different? - Dr Carole Hooven - #544

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Carole Hooven. She's co-director of undergraduate Studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author. Testosterone is a hell of a drug. It causes many things to happen in both men and women, but it's dividing opinion even more than it's dividing the sexes. This isn't great for calming conversations, bridging differences or finding common ground. However, it's a fascinating topic to dig into. Expect to learn what it's like for women who go on testosterone to feel what male sex drive is like. Why male deer in Scotland grow antlers and fight their best friends for a few months every year. Whether maternal instinct is a myth. Why testosterone even exists at all. The differences between male and female orgasms. Whether sex is a spectrum. And much more. This was a pretty moving episode. Carole is obviously very emotionally connected to the work that she does. She is concerned about putting forward opinions that are out of vogue, I suppose, in the academy. And yeah, I find her very charming. Her work is pretty robust. And she seems like a very nice person just trying to do her best in a community that really doesn't like what she's got to say. I appreciate that she was open and honest and vulnerable today. And yeah, if you enjoy this, go and pick a book up, tea or go and check her out on Twitter at Hoovlet. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Surfshark VPN. You can protect your browsing online and get access to the entire world's Netflix library for less than the price of a cup of coffee per month. It's literally one pound fifty three or one dollar seventy each month. And it means that you can access any territory's Netflix library wherever you are. You can move to America for the day. You can move to the UK. You can go to Japan. And whatever their Netflix library has, you can access. It's allowed across unlimited devices. 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