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- Testerone is found in both male and female
bodies.
- The average male body has about ten times
more testosterone than the average female
body.
- Testosterone tends to be identified with all
we stereotype as masculine.
- The production of synthetic testosterone in
1935 earnt Butenandt and Ruzicka the 1935 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry.
- The average female body produces
testosterone naturally in the ovaries (part of
the female reproductive system) and adrenals
(above the kidneys).
- The most common effects of injected
testosterone in both sexes include increased
facial and body hair, oily skin or acne, male
pattern baldness, water retention, joint
stiffness, and soreness at the injection
site.
- Testosterone was first taken from a bull in
1935.
- Testosterone has two different effects on
the body.
Anabolic - which promotes growth and
muscle building; and
Androgenic - which act on the genitals,
reproductive system and development of male
secondary sex characteristics such as deepening
of the voice and growth of facial hair.
- There is little evidence that “male
menopause” exists.
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