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Not just being a father, but simply spending a lot of time around children causes men's testosterone levels to drop precipitously, so men with children probably are objectively less aggressive in that sense as well.



The widespread belief that testosterone has a causal link to aggression has been debunked.

Some sources:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091208132241.h...

https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.1131




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