ERISA only exempts two types of employers: 1  Employee benefit plans maintained by governmental employers are exempt from ERISAâs requirements. This exemption includes plans maintained by the federal, state or local (for example, a city, county or township) governments.  Church plans are also exempt from ERISA.
Testosterone is involved in the development of male sex organs before birth, and the development of secondary sex characteristics at puberty, such as voice deepening, increased penis and testes size, and growth of facial and body hair.
Credit: Zerbor | Shutterstock. Testosterone is a male sex hormone that is important for sexual and reproductive development. The National Institutes of Health regards testosterone as the most important male hormone. Women also produce testosterone, but at lower levels than men. Testosterone belongs to a class of male hormones called androgens, which are sometimes called steroids or anabolic steroids. In men, testosterone is produced mainly in the testes, with a small amount made in the adrenal glands. The brain's hypothalamus and pituitary gland control testosterone production.