“This is a great big fat ‘Oh, no,’” Anawalt said in reaction to Hegseth’s announcement. “We’re turning the clock back on rational healthcare. … I’m worried about the ethics. I’m worried about the health consequences. I’m worried about unnecessary evaluations, incorrect assessments, and incorrect diagnoses that lead to inappropriate prescriptions of testosterone.”

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[–] 134 points 3 months ago (15 children)

nothing will put fear in your enemies like declaring your army needs more testosterone...

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

    It just means that Hegseth really likes hanging out with manlier men...For reasons.

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

    Clearly these men have convinced themselves that they aren't manly enough, whatever the fuck that means to these losers. Conservatives love inventing things to be scared about just throw it on the pile...

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

    Nothing like giving your soldiers an insecurity that they're not manly enough and that they have to take a prescription for it.

    I'm sure that won't have any psychological consequences on the battlefield.

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

    And it’d be the most tantalizing target in the supply line, like the Jem Hadar’s “Ketracel White” (from ST:DS9). But why bother? I’ve had numerous Endocrinologists say no to me because they were of the opinion, it’d make my ball shrink.

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

    I am suddenly reminded of The Longest Yard movie where they gave the guards a bunch of estrogen.

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

    I don't give them a year before ranks are determined by balls size and weigh.

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

    In 4 months they'll be indiscriminately issuing amphetamine stims to service members. I mean, it worked for the SS. Probably. At least for a little while. Actually, I have no idea, but it seems like something Keitel and Goering would be all about to claim they had a chemical edge over all the subhumans occupying their lebensraum.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Those stims were amphetamines, and they were given to soldiers to be prepared for those Blitzes. It also stunted their humanity and made them literal monsters.

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

    Ah yes, I served in the bacne and rage unit.

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

    The troops are not hot and sexy enough for King Don. He wants troops like in Starship Troopers, except maybe a few years younger.

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

    Funny how they're suddenly fine with gender-affirming care ...

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

    Quoting myself so I don’t have to keep rewriting it:

    This isn’t gender affirming care, it’s gender coercive care. Forcing people without symptoms to get a test for low testosterone is clearly pressuring people to “fix” their T levels, regardless of whether that makes sense for them. If it was about health they’d let their doctors address it on an as needed basis.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, it's that thing that conservative media and politicians have been lying about. Saying that children go to school one gender and are forced to change their gender. So that's a lie. It never happened. But now, conservatives are doing the exact thing that they were so concerned about before.

    What is it that they say, every accusation is a confession?

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

    An over-fixation on "manliness" and "heroism" in the military is also standard fascism playbook. Everyone's made up to be a hero for their country, no matter if true or not. This sort of propaganda-fueled glorification of soldiers and war maybe helps recruitment of future soldiers for whatever future war the fascists are going to start. That's probably the only upside.

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

    It's that... Gender affirming care?

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The same "germs aren't real" Hegseth who caused a flu outbreak on a military base by reversing the vaccination mandate for service members.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago

    They have 2 reasons to do this:

    1. To drug the soldiers.
    2. To put the blame of failure on individuals.

    The purpose is to have an army of cannon fodder when they take on NATO and to push through the inevitable failure when doing so.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago

    He's a complete moron that wants to run the military like he is in a cheap 80s B-Movie

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  • [–] 53 points 3 months ago

    Just wait. In another 10 years (if we're still around by then), the VA will be ignoring a ton of testicular cancer cases in veterans.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Testosterone can lead to less impulse control, bad idea for people with guns.

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

    Good idea for a country that specifically gave those people guns and trained them to shoot people without thinking too hard about it. They'll want it for the police soon, too.

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

    That's not really how it works in the military. They don't just let you shoot things indiscriminately like they do in the police force.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Hilariously, F2Ms will pass his test for “manliness”.

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

    Nah the ftms know better because when your T is too high the excess actually gets converted into estrogen via aromatization. It’s one of the causes of gynecomastia. The goal is just to be within the normal range.

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

    And if it’s in the normal range they’ll pass the “test”. Thanks for agreeing with me.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    That assumes some base level of sense. It seems more likely that the "passing grade" will be far too high, and almost all soldiers will be forced to dose themselves with excessive amounts of T.

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

    What this is, is another ridiculous ploy by Beta-cuck Hegseth to have homo-erotic fantasies about his big burly, tough macho men in tight uniforms.

    Just get drunk again, Pete, and come out already!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Seriously, how do we let them know we know and it's okay? Holy shit.

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

    You can't, because of the level of cognitive dissonance coming out has with the maga agenda. He's so deep in the closet you'd have to make a stop in Narnia for gas and a map to get there.

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

    Is this science news? I'm not asking to be nice. News from USA is such a shitfest, and it sucks when it spreads.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I'd be curious about science if even adversarial memes help spread the lambasted meme. It seems like "calling out this insane nonsense" helps the insane nonsense to actually spread.

    But until we have hard scientific evidence for this, moderation couldn't possibly

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

    High testosterone in men is associated with male pattern baldness and low sperm count, among other conditions. Not sure why he'd want that, but ok.

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

    So can we assume Hegseth has low test, has started having TRT and now thinks everyone needs it?

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

    Pete wants rock hard cocks from sea to shining sea. Glistening, veiny, throbbing, and FULLY erect. Give Pete bricked up dicks, or give him death. It's super fucking hetero, godammit. He's totally into tits and pussy, but he wants those giant, stiff peckers at full fucking mast. AMERICA.

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

    What the hell does testosterone have to do with anything? It's a hormone, just like any other in the human body. Both men and women produce it. It needs to stay within a healthy range for the body to function properly. Too much is harmful, just as too little is.

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

    Man you Americans really are dumb as shit to vote for this in november.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Hegseth is one of those guys who has to work his fetishes into everything.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    100% disability rating for ultra-low T unlocked.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    High T low morals military

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    crime ring full of mental basket cases.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    If we know anything about militaries, we know they fear “gaps.” Are they trying to close a doping gap with other militaries? Or to preempt one?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    more testosterone = turn into estrogen....

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