Are Low Testosterone and Sex Differences in Immune Responses Causing Mass Hysteria during the Coronavirus Pandemic?

• Main Author: Roy Barzilai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Accademia Piceno Aprutina dei Velati 2020-12-01
• Series: Science & Philosophy
• Subjects: evolutionary psychology; behavioral immune system; sex hormones
• Online Access: http://eiris.it/ojs/index.php/scienceandphilosophy/article/view/529

By integrating the entire body of research in human sexual dynamics, immune responses, and sociocultural behavior, we can conclude that the mass hysteria our society is currently experiencing originates in our evolved psychological adaptations to pandemic conditions[i]. A lack of hormonal balance[ii], due to a collapse in testosterone levels, may cause a disproportionate immune response that leads to the destruction of our cherished sociopolitical institutions—the very institutions that are design to protect human liberty and prosperity. What is playing out at a societal level is similar to an excessive immune response that causes the body to attack itself: decreased testosterone causing the kind of auto-immune response that is more prevalent in females. [i] Barzilai, R. (2020). Low Solar Activity, Winter Flu Conditions, Pandemics and Sex Wars: A Holistic View of Human Evolution. Science & Philosophy, 8(1). Doi: 10.23756/sp.v8i1.514   [ii] Barzilai, R. (2019). Solar cycles, light, sex hormones and the life cycles of civilization: Toward integrated chronobiology. Science & Philosophy, 7(2). doi: 10.23756/sp.v7i2.483