Testosterone and Male Aggression

I don't really understand why it is that conclusive evidence can't come from the fact that testosterone increases aggression. Now, does that mean men are more aggressive than women? Absolutely not, I'm not saying that at all. However, as we've discussed in class, the difference in aggression between men and women below the age of like 25 was it, or maybe 30, is quite different. After that certain age, the kind of aggression that both male and female use is quite similar. However, before that, men are more physically aggressive and women are more passively aggressive. A common example would probably be the way women outcast someone for being different, where as men are more likely, notice I said more likely, to have a physical altercation. The big thing here that I'm trying to get across is that before that certain age, men are basically at their "peak" years. I would think that their bodies are able to perform the best that they will be able to perform all their lives, and this is a direct result of the amount of testosterone still able to flow through their bodies. The physical aggression also starts, take notice, at the beginning of puberty, when the testosterone is the highest in a man that it will ever be in his entire life.

Another thing, the argument that men just perceive the ability to get angry and blame testosterone, I think, is a terrible argument. When taking steroids for example, it is well documented that the increased testosterone causes "roid rage." Now this is viewed by people in the steroid community (yes they have those, they have forums and all kinds of crazy stuff... lol) as a negative side effect. If it is viewed as extremely negative, I would think that most people would try to avoid being overly aggressive while taking steroids if it was a possible thing to do. Not only that, but seeing as how steroids are illegal, I would venture to say that being overly aggressive and getting huge really quickly would be an easy indicator of who is on roids. Not something that I would want to advertise to a lot of people.