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“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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[-] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 136 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] randompasta@lemmy.today 72 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago

yea.

the fucking stupidity and incompetence of everyone he appoints is mind boggling

there will be more suicides, and no one will do anything about it

[-] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 110 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Catoblepas 90 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

conversion therapy but they're converting people into himbos

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Himbos are lovable. They're converting them into blind rage machines like themselves

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 21 points 2 weeks 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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[-] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 85 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 weeks ago

It also lets you shout down any criticism with "that man is a HERO how DARE you accuse him of anything"

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 27 points 2 weeks ago

Closeted tanuki furries are destined to obtain the highest of ranks.

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[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Exogenous testosterone usually leads to balls shrinking.

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[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[-] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

The US military never stopped using amphetamines. Honestly, the list of militaries that don't use the stuff is probably shorter then the list that does. The job isn't exactly conducive to their health in the first place.

I remember an uproar about this topic in the 90's, but it never stopped. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240314-the-drug-pilots-take-to-stay-awake

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[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 36 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] IPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

They're not expecting anybody to live long enough to be able to say that.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] decolo@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's because all the men he stares at in the gym tell him they're taking it. /edit: sentence structure

[-] CatGPT@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well you see with these chuds it’s always the woman's fault. She’s barren

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

This seems more plausible by the day

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 2 weeks ago

It's that... Gender affirming care?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's closer to gender and health wrecker so it's probably in line with Trump policy, except that it reduces fertility

[-] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 21 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] dontpanic 7 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] okamiueru@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

100% disability rating for ultra-low T unlocked.

[-] thebasementcakes@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago

High T low morals military

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