Let's jump right in from the last post. So in my last post, the 7th in this series on IQ, I showed how your success in life depends on not just intelligence, but things like morality/spirituality.
As discussed, our hormones control this spirituality, at least to some extent, but even these seem moderated by our IQ. So high testosterone for instance can be a precursor to immoral and violent behavior, but mainly when paired with low IQ. (High IQ paired with high testosterone is linked with millionaires and CEOs) So its hard to say "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" In other words, what is the cause of the behavior, the low IQ or the high testosterone? (I would say BOTH)
Another hormone that seems even more closely tied with morality is Oxytocin.
Reported by the Los Angeles Times,"Experiments have explored the role of one [hormone] called oxytocin — which one researcher calls the "moral molecule.""
"Oxytocin is secreted by the pituitary gland, and it has effects on regions of the body of a type that you memorize for a final exam and then promptly forget. But oxytocin also gets into the brain, where it affects behavior."
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Oxytocin is not just released in woman during a birth, as it says above, but with contractions and a vaginal birth. In fact the way you birth is very important for success in breastfeeding and bonding and being a good mother due to this release they say. . .or it could simply be a correlation.
There are artificial substitutes made for this hormone too, but given in labor at least, it seems to be ineffective for some things, but effective for others.
"Artificial oxytocin – pitocin – given to induce and/or augment labor does cause contractions and yet it does not function in the body the way our natural oxytocin does. Artificial oxytocin does not promote feelings of well being nor does it promote bonding or breastfeeding. As a matter of fact, it impedes these processes."
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Due possibly to all the times woman have their oxytocin raised, they clearly have more Oxytocin then men. In fact, the female hormone Estrogen has been found to increase the secretion of oxytocin as well as the expression of its receptor in the brain.
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So woman naturally act more loving, moral/spiritual and bond more easily apparently thanks to oxytocin. Seriously! I'm not making this stuff up just because I happen to be a woman. . .
So I'm not sure if the behavior makes the raised levels alone, or the behavior shows up in those with raised Oxytocin, but either way, if a particular woman was chock full of Oxytocin, barring physical issues, she would consequently be able to nurse her babies easily, and theoretically also have an efficient labor and easy birth. Theoretically she could even have a condition where the uterus contracts a lot during pregnancy, called an irritable uterus. . .as oxytocin is said to cause uterine contractions.
So, not to brag, but I nursed 5 children easily until at least their 1st or 2nd birthday, had easy home births and had this rare uterus condition. So, I have no doubt that I am chock full of Oxytocin.
In fact, high Oxytocin is also a sign of a good and nurturing mother. . . this is well known as true of numerous species, not just humans. Bonobos being higher oxytocin then chimps no doubt, as they are much better mothers.
The Los Angeles Times put it this way when reporting on the science:
". . .oxytocin promotes maternal behavior in rodents. Pump up a new mother mouse with oxytocin and she grooms her infants more. Block a mouse's oxytocin system in the brain with some genetic engineering and she becomes less maternal. In rodent species that form long-term, monogamous pair bonds, oxytocin promotes formation of those bonds. And oxytocin doesn't just work on rodents: It has all sorts of "pro-social" effects in humans as well."
Being willing to breastfeed, or to care for a child you had not planned on having (without aborting it) or had not birthed, and just overall being a good mom is based on bonding and love. . .all based on oxytocin levels.
Here is the connection to morality in general though:
Oxytocin gives males or females trust and the ability to forgive. (Two key elements in morality.)
"Spritz oxytocin up people's noses (when they don't know if they are getting the hormone or a placebo) and they become more trusting and forgiving."
"In economic games requiring players to choose whether to cooperate or to be cutthroat, oxytocin promotes cooperation. Subjects watching video clips of a supposed politician trusted the person more when given oxytocin."
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As discussed, our hormones control this spirituality, at least to some extent, but even these seem moderated by our IQ. So high testosterone for instance can be a precursor to immoral and violent behavior, but mainly when paired with low IQ. (High IQ paired with high testosterone is linked with millionaires and CEOs) So its hard to say "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" In other words, what is the cause of the behavior, the low IQ or the high testosterone? (I would say BOTH)
Another hormone that seems even more closely tied with morality is Oxytocin.
Reported by the Los Angeles Times,"Experiments have explored the role of one [hormone] called oxytocin — which one researcher calls the "moral molecule.""
"Oxytocin is secreted by the pituitary gland, and it has effects on regions of the body of a type that you memorize for a final exam and then promptly forget. But oxytocin also gets into the brain, where it affects behavior."
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"Oxytocin, this molecule that’s classically associated with child birth and breastfeeding, is released in all kinds of settings in which humans have positive social interactions. . ."
Oxytocin is not just released in woman during a birth, as it says above, but with contractions and a vaginal birth. In fact the way you birth is very important for success in breastfeeding and bonding and being a good mother due to this release they say. . .or it could simply be a correlation.There are artificial substitutes made for this hormone too, but given in labor at least, it seems to be ineffective for some things, but effective for others.
"Artificial oxytocin – pitocin – given to induce and/or augment labor does cause contractions and yet it does not function in the body the way our natural oxytocin does. Artificial oxytocin does not promote feelings of well being nor does it promote bonding or breastfeeding. As a matter of fact, it impedes these processes."
Source
Due possibly to all the times woman have their oxytocin raised, they clearly have more Oxytocin then men. In fact, the female hormone Estrogen has been found to increase the secretion of oxytocin as well as the expression of its receptor in the brain.
Source
So woman naturally act more loving, moral/spiritual and bond more easily apparently thanks to oxytocin. Seriously! I'm not making this stuff up just because I happen to be a woman. . .
So, not to brag, but I nursed 5 children easily until at least their 1st or 2nd birthday, had easy home births and had this rare uterus condition. So, I have no doubt that I am chock full of Oxytocin.
In fact, high Oxytocin is also a sign of a good and nurturing mother. . . this is well known as true of numerous species, not just humans. Bonobos being higher oxytocin then chimps no doubt, as they are much better mothers.
The Los Angeles Times put it this way when reporting on the science:
". . .oxytocin promotes maternal behavior in rodents. Pump up a new mother mouse with oxytocin and she grooms her infants more. Block a mouse's oxytocin system in the brain with some genetic engineering and she becomes less maternal. In rodent species that form long-term, monogamous pair bonds, oxytocin promotes formation of those bonds. And oxytocin doesn't just work on rodents: It has all sorts of "pro-social" effects in humans as well."
Being willing to breastfeed, or to care for a child you had not planned on having (without aborting it) or had not birthed, and just overall being a good mom is based on bonding and love. . .all based on oxytocin levels.
Here is the connection to morality in general though:
Oxytocin gives males or females trust and the ability to forgive. (Two key elements in morality.)
"Spritz oxytocin up people's noses (when they don't know if they are getting the hormone or a placebo) and they become more trusting and forgiving."
"In economic games requiring players to choose whether to cooperate or to be cutthroat, oxytocin promotes cooperation. Subjects watching video clips of a supposed politician trusted the person more when given oxytocin."
Oxytocin induces all sorts of good behavior:
1. pro-social behavior – willingness to help people out, hospitality to strangers, acts of compassion.
2. cognitive empathy – capacity to see things from another person’s perspective and to understand how he or she feels.
3. emotional empathy – capacity not only to understand how another person feels but also to experience those feelings involuntarily and to respond appropriately. Failure to help a person in distress can trigger a self-destructive sequence: anguish, depression, suicidal thoughts.
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(You might recall that depression and suicide is highly correlated with high IQ.)
Morality really comes down to empathy, and researchers at Berkeley say that high testosterone may cause low empathy! (That is likely just a correlation, not a causation. . .as both are found in a certain group of people. . .)
It has now also been found that blood levels of oxytocin are highly heritable. Thus we see children with little empathy come from parents with similarly lacking empathy. Scientists admit to this in their usual backhanded way by saying. . .
"Even infants and toddlers show signs of empathy, and try to help people in distress. When babies hear other babies crying, they cry in sympathy. However, if children have been abused or live in tense households they may be hostile to people who are suffering."Source
In other words, much as scientists may want to sugar coat it to be politically correct, bad parents (due to low oxytocin), make for "hostile" or bad children, bullies create bullies. . .and it's simply genetic! (Making exceptions for recessive behavior, due to selection and racial mixing.)
Black babies are by average more aggressive from the womb, and are more likely to bully other children than hug or comfort them when they cry. I have seen this toward my own children, though they were acting nothing but sweet to the black toddlers. Competitiveness and low empathy is ingrained in blacks, due to their high testosterone, and low empathy/oxytocin and is why they are so good at sports. While the whites or rare mixed people having average testosterone levels and acting on high Oxytocin, the "love hormone", will love and act moral.
Low oxytocin actually causes immoral behavior, while high oxytocin nearly guarantees moral behavior, because of empathy.
In fact, high Oxytocin, doesn't allow for immoral behavior, being called "the moral molecule" and "love hormone" for a reason. Oxytocin is literally called "the biological basis for the golden rule."
Knowing that high testosterone actually lowers Oxytocin (correlation vs. causation IMHO), and it differs racially, it isn't shocking that we can see evidence of this in racial differences in breastfeeding, c-section rates, abortion rates and giving up children for adoption and to the foster system. In fact the rates of these things, as well as other evidences of good parenting differ wildly between the black and white races.
Other evidences of racial differences in Oxytocin levels are: marriage and divorce stats. . .and much more!
Other evidences of racial differences in Oxytocin levels are: marriage and divorce stats. . .and much more!
Racial differences in Oxytocin (like testosterone) has not surprisingly only been studied for it's health implications. . .not to look for behavioral differences in people groups, which would never be funded, as thanks to cultural Marxism/liberals and Obama in the whitehouse, it is politically incorrect to even think there are racial differences!! (In fact, it is so wrong to say the truth, that I recently lost my second job because of publicizing such things! A very common occurrence, thanks to the defensiveness, rage and distrust of low IQ blacks, due to their testosterone and oxytocin levels, sad to say.)
So because of the hormone being abundant in a more physically restrained/controlled people of group, oxytocin is implicated in it's ability to relieve pain. And lacking oxytocin is said to cause more sensitivity to it.(Another correlation, but not causation.)
"reduced oxytocinergic function may be one of multiple biological factors contributing to the greater sensitivity to experimental ischemic pain, and to the greater burden of some types of clinical pain experienced by African Americans compared with Whites."
"We found 472 studies investigating ethnic group differences and pain. . . The majority of studies included comparisons between African Americans (AA) and non-Hispanic Whites (NHW). There were consistently moderate to large effect sizes for pain tolerance across multiple stimulus modalities; AA demonstrated lower pain tolerance."
(This is something any Labor and Delivery doctor or nurse will attest to. . .)
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Source(On a personal note: while in a doctor's office my son and I heard a patient in the next room literally howling, and my 8 year old son said it sounded "just like a monkey screeching". . .but we both knew that it was a black woman getting a shot. . .as it was literally all they did in that room.)
As one site noted, "Possible explanations for the racial disparities in the pain experience may include minorities’ perceptions of a lack of control over pain."
(In other words, the push for more support from partners and doulas in labor in order to attain greater pain relief may actually be a red herring, and it may actually impede pain relief as it distracts, more than allows the mother to focus. . .which is what nearly all mothers in nature seek out.)
Furthermore, high Oxytocin and low testosterone are both tied to high IQ and white genes, while low Oxytocin and high testosterone are tied to a low IQ and black genes. (Racial admixture muddying the picture, but mostly in blacks, and a small number of white looking people, we call "rednecks".)
Another way of putting it is: the more testosterone you have, the less Oxytocin you will likely have, consequently, according to the chart above, you will tend to hypo-mentalize. (A politically correct way of saying you will not be able to think intelligently, apparently.)
Another way of putting it is: the more testosterone you have, the less Oxytocin you will likely have, consequently, according to the chart above, you will tend to hypo-mentalize. (A politically correct way of saying you will not be able to think intelligently, apparently.)
So from my research I have concluded that both hypomentalizing or low IQ, as well as"immoral" behavior both stem partially from the high testosterone black genes (as proven in my post on the sex hormones), the rest of the immorality stems from the low Oxytocin (also black) genes.
To deny or hide (out of political correctness or bias) the biological basis for behavior, and IQ is typical of intelligent and empathetic liberals though. Unfortunately most people (like in this picture) will presume they are stupid for denying the obvious, but there are actual physiological causes for this denial of the facts by otherwise intelligent people. . .this I will get into next.
