# Amount of body hair directly proportional to the amount of testosterone,However.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576 "2015-07-19T03:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/21 "2015-07-27T20:59:15Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > I guess that’s why they’re so sexually aggressive and prone to rape. 😕 Apologies. I stand corrected. [Serum testosterone levels in healthy young black and white men.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3455741) ---
**Author:** ![davidburn1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@davidburn1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidburn1972)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/22 "2015-08-04T16:26:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, is the OP seriously claiming that women have more body hair than men? Yes, women will have much more body hair than men if she has the same amount of testosterone as men. Fortunately women have only about 45ng/DL testosterone level, while men have 500-900ng/DL. This original post tells folks a simple fact: the amount of body hair is genetically determined by the sensitivity level of your skin follicles. Women skin follicles have the weakest tolerance to testosterone, Some Europeans skin follicles have the weak tolerance to testosterone, while Asians’ and Africans’ have strongest tolerance towards testosterone. Hence women will be hairy and grow beard despite her testosterone level is up just a little, Europeans are hairy, and Asians and blacks are less hairy. ---
**Author:** ![davidburn1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@davidburn1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidburn1972)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/23 "2015-08-04T16:34:20Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > _Why BLACK PEOPLE who are said to have higher testosterone have much less hairy body than us?_ > > Really, higher testosterone? It SAID TO BE, no concrete proof. I think people tend to believe blacks have higher testosterone due to their observation that they are muscular, and good at sports. But at least people should agree that the blacks dont have low testosterone. ---
**Author:** ![davidburn1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@davidburn1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidburn1972)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/24 "2015-08-04T16:39:17Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Isn’t this statement inconsistent with the thread title and first sentence of the OP? Did you mean to say there’s a positive correlation? If I understand the terminology correctly, “directly proportional” would mean a _perfect_ correlation: the higher the testosterone, the more body hair (and vice versa). the title is _Amount of body hair directly proportional to the amount of testosterone, However…_ you see _However_? if your skin follicles are **sensitive** to testosterone, then it is \*\*proportional \*\*to the testosterone. if your skin follicles are **insensitive** to testosterone, then it is\*\* NOT proportional\*\* to the testosterone. So it all depends on your skin follicles genetics. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/25 "2015-08-04T16:39:21Z")
The blacks, huh. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/26 "2015-08-04T16:44:17Z")
> [@davidburn1972](#): > > But at least people should agree that the blacks dont have low testosterone. _Swing low, sweet testosterone, Comin’ forth to hairy me home_ ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576/27 "2015-08-04T19:01:30Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > _Swing low, sweet testosterone, > Comin’ forth to hairy me home_ \*I looked over the razor, and what did I see Comin’ for to hairy me home? Cars made out of plucked dingleberries Comin’ for to hairy me home.\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amount-of-body-hair-directly-proportional-to-the-amount-of-testosterone-however/725576.md?page=1)