At 12:57 18/07/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Geez, what is it with the constant references to testosterone? I seem to
>recall a recent "study" that indicated that females were at least as prone to
>agressive driving as males - even more so according to some. Do we make
>estrogen references in that regard? Let me bet that those who find
>testosterone to be the root of all evil would be appalled at a "time of the
>month" reference in the same context?
Indeed.
For me, it's adrenaline that provides the kick, but I try to keep my brushes
with death very wide. And, I figure, dangerously aggressive drivers probably
suffer from a shortage of certain neurotransmitters, as opposed to an excess
of testosterone!
Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
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