Okay, so this board is filled with educated people so I probably don’t have to explain that male T levels have supposedly (according to a Boston-area accidental discovery about a decade ago) dropped 1% a year since 1985. Many culprits have been named for this decline, including increased obesity, birth control chemicals, aerosol sprays, the rubber lining of tin cans, decreases smoking tendencies (though not by me, obviously (see my username)), and even, if you believe Steven Pinker, the constant adaptation of the male mind/body to an increasingly feminized world.
My concern is: are T levels dropping the same rate everywhere on earth? I mean, what if this is only happening in america? That would be yet another reason why our country is in danger of being conquered by China/ the middle east/ et al; they stay macho and we get pansy-fied and we aren’t prepared to protect our borders and stuff.
Actually, I would like it if you would give us some real proof that testosterone levels are indeed dropping. You’re new to our board, so you may not realize that we are really keen on cites here.
MSN news used to have this article (back in 2007-ish) titled “Your Dad Had More Testosterone Than You”. Strangely I can’t find it; too bad, because it had this funny picture of a shirtless young man slouching against a wall with his thumb under his gym short waistband, and I always thought it was funny because I wondered who that kid was and why he took that job and where he is now.
Also, I very much doubt if a slight decline in testosterone is going to lead to the USA being “conquered by China/the Middle East et al”. Plenty of things might - laziness, poor education, disastrous foreign policy - but not that.
Okay, so it looks like we have established that testosterone levels are indeed dropping in the United States. I’m less concerned about US American males not protecting their own borders and more concerned with them rampaging around all over the world, so maybe the lower testosterone levels will be a good thing.
