The hormone that built empires and toxic masculinity—time to fact-check your T.
It is the male sex hormone par excellence. A man ruled by testosterone is said to be selfish and ready to take any risk. But is this bad reputation justified?
Direction
Esch balances hard science with quietly devastating personal stories.
Writing
Turns endocrinology into a cultural interrogation without dumbing down.
Director
Kirsten Esch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'testosterone economy'—from fitness influencers selling supplements to Silicon Valley biohackers—relies on the very myths this documentary dismantles.
Director Kirsten Esch undergoes her own hormone therapy during filming, turning a detached science doc into an embodied experiment.
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