‘Testosterone Rex’ – There’s Some Serious Hidden Sexism In The Ways We Think About Risk-Taking

“Testosterone Rex” is historian of science Cordelia Fine’s term for “the idea that women are driven by biology and evolution to be cautious, and men to be daring.” Fine argues that this idea is way too simplistic (unsurprising) but still undergirds way too much social science (surprising, but perhaps not to female social scientists).