Scientists, it seems, will study nearly anything. Paul Zak, Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, studied whether the administration of testosterone to male subjects would affect their political attitudes. Spoiler alert: it did.
“Our results demonstrate that testosterone induces a “red shift” among weakly-affiliated Democrats,” summarized the paper.
Researchers administered synthetic testosterone or placebo to participants who previously disclosed their political affiliations, allowing researchers to track how the hormone affected participants’ politics.
“When weakly affiliated Democrats received additional testosterone, the strength of their party fell by 12 percent and they reported 45 percent warmer feelings towards Republican candidates for president,” explained the study.
"Before the testosterone treatment, we found that weakly affiliated Democrats had 19 percent higher basal testosterone than those who identified strongly with the party,” the study continues, reiterating the correlation between individuals with lower testoreone having left-wing political beliefs.
Almost any comment I could make at this point seems superfluous as well as highly offensive to low-T individuals.
