Male pastors tend to have low testosterone. This may explain a lot about why so many avoid conflict and may be threatened by higher T men & strong women. Data: "Men in less competitive fields--ministers and farmers--tend to have low testosterone." amazon.com/Heroes-Rogues-…
This may also explain much about the transition in the 1840s from the sons of industrial class sending sons to seminary to the sons of farmers, Southern slave-holding agricultural class, etc. sending sons to seminary. Southerners generally chose Princeton Seminary.
Low T men are less likely to take risks, etc. Also, "[r]esearch has also found that anticipatory stress can reduce testosterone levels in men...men with low testosterone levels tend to have more anxiety and irritability." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Lots to explore here... Because becoming an evangelical pastor, for example, requires no competition, those churches will generally attract lower T men as leaders. The consequences of church have Low T leaders needs more exploration... scholar.harvard.edu/files/jennifer…
This is a research question: do high T men respect and follow low T men? This may, in part, explain why number of men in churches is usually low. Lots to explore here...
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