WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best.”

The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members’ required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a video on social media, Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be voluntary.

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[–] 84 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Yay for gender-affirming care!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I've wondered about that reasoning. It's understandable for when going beyond replacement therapy dosages aka steroid usage territory, then yeah it falls under gender affirming care.
    But why does replacement therapy fall under that as well, because replacement therapies goal isn't to make the person more muscular, it's just to fix a deficiency as the body functions best when everything is in a certain range and that's not limited to hormones either. And we do try to fix any other deficiencys as well, whatever through lifestyle changes, supplementation or even medical intervention.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If it's for cross gender hormones it's gender affirming care. Doing the same treatment but within one's assigned gender therefore should also be considered gender affirming, because it's focusing on one's gender as the basis for the standards. For potassium levels there isn't a gendered range of values, but for testosterone, there is a set of values for men, and a different set for women.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Is Hegseth going to be tested? Because all this is, is him indicating that everyone a hint over 30 will be fired.

    As for the testosterone replacement, that is just irony that he's looking for gender affirming care for the military, when they just said they weren't for that.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    he will be testing the men personally.

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  • [–] 55 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Next will be Pete Hegseth measuring your fully erect cock to make sure you’re ready for battle

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    The guy isn't even strong enough to resist a bottle of bourbon. What the hell does he know about being tough?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    have you seen him do pull ups, and lift weights.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I am sure they will soon be attaching a permanent meth drip to the soldiers as well for maximum aggression.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    He sure thinks of male bodies a whole lot. Except beards, he hates those. Too scratchy? Its almost a desperate sort of fixation. He seems to go through wives pretty rapidly too. Theres something they just all seem to lack I guess.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Dicks out, soldiers! Take a look around. Is anyone in this room not currently sporting 10" of rock hard man meat? Get these sissies out of here. Men know what men like, and Pete is here to make sure this is a Man's Military for Hot Sweety Guys with Big Dicks again.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Pseudo science bullshit lol.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    ‘flu outbreak sickened at least nearly 300 people.’ is the end of the last sentence.

    even the AP’s standards are trash these days. I imagine their AI editors and proofreaders skipped right over that.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    New draft dodging meta just dropped, just in time for Iran shenanigans to really kick off

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Screwball Alert.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago*

    mandatory testosterone therapy, here we come!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Messing with people's hormones is surely much safer, compared to the influenza vaccines he thankfully eliminated.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Via oral swab tests

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I never thought that a leader of gender affirming action would be ol' Pickled Pete.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    what if too much testosterone made u gay

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