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Aggression and Androgens in Women Aggression leaves no species untouched, occurs across the sexes and has occurred throughout the ages. The word aggression is so widely used now that the real meaning has been lost somewhere over the years. So what is aggression? Aggression is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, '(1) an unprovoked attack, the first attack in a quarrel; an assault, an inroad. (2) The practice of setting upon anyone; the making of an attack or assault.' Many studies have looked at aggression within males and the relationship between testosterone levels and male aggression, but until relatively recently, no studies has looked at female aggression and the relationship between androgens and females. Does this mean that women are less aggressive? Women tend to direct their aggression in different ways than men. Unprovoked aggression is quite uncommon in females whereas provoked aggression is usually when someone retaliates to a previous...

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