“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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[–] 138 points 1 month ago (17 children)

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

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  • [–] 72 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

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    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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    [–] 108 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 91 points 1 month 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 1 month 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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  • [–] 83 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 55 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 48 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 45 points 1 month 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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    [–] 37 points 1 month 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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    [–] 36 points 1 month ago (1 child)

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

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    [–] 28 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 25 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 25 points 1 month 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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    [–] 24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It's that... Gender affirming care?

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    [–] 22 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 19 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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    [–] 13 points 1 month 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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    [–] 11 points 1 month 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 1 month 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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  • [–] 10 points 1 month 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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    [–] 8 points 1 month ago

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

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