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Higher T levels may be more strongly related to the attainment of dominance in social milieus based around violent domination as opposed to ones based around social consensus, competence, and likability.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19485565.2006.9989114</ref> This is similar to the conclusions of research into [[FWHR|male facial-width-to-height ratio]], another trait linked to status drive and dominance, which has discovered that this characteristic is only linked to violence in men of lower socio-economic status.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30412629/</ref> | Higher T levels may be more strongly related to the attainment of dominance in social milieus based around violent domination as opposed to ones based around social consensus, competence, and likability.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19485565.2006.9989114</ref> This is similar to the conclusions of research into [[FWHR|male facial-width-to-height ratio]], another trait linked to status drive and dominance, which has discovered that this characteristic is only linked to violence in men of lower socio-economic status.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30412629/</ref> | ||
Likely the major way T-levels would contribute to dominance rank (and sexual success) in such contexts would via the effects T levels have on lean body mass, as free testosterone levels seem quite strongly linked to men's amount of upper and lower body muscle mass, especially when comparing low T men to men with T levels in the normal range.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0039128X16301052</ref> | |||
Not surprisingly, a man's level of muscularity is a major factor in other men's determinations of that man's level of social dominance, social threat and capacity for violence. Muscularity also seems to be strongly linked to mating success in certain social contexts, such as among university students in fraternities, an effect that appears mediated by other men's perceptions of their physical dominance<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Among_male_university_students.2C_only_cues_of_physical_dominance_over_other_men_predicted_their_mating_success</ref> | |||
These null findings pertaining to testosterone and actual status attainment (despite testosterone driving competitiveness and social dominance related behaviors) may also imply that the excess possession of certain testosterone-related traits may be ''harmful'' to attain social status in specific social contexts. | These null findings pertaining to testosterone and actual status attainment (despite testosterone driving competitiveness and social dominance related behaviors) may also imply that the excess possession of certain testosterone-related traits may be ''harmful'' to attain social status in specific social contexts. | ||