If testosterone starts it adrenalin finishes it.

Herodotus meets Ellroy: No big deeds forgotten. Great stuff coming at you.: "A generation passes. Alexander enters the game. Helen becomes his captive. Enter a matter of concern regarding rape in the order of things. Is avenging rape worth lives of hardy male soldiers? After all, these women have minds of their own. Is it really rape if they were willing?

But doesn't take long to overcome temptation. Blood is spilled. Plundering proceeds. History shifts from first to second. The course is set. If testosterone starts it adrenalin finishes it."

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Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes