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mellosoulsyesterday at 10:04 PM3 repliesview on HN

Can't help wondering to what extent the decline is directly and/or indirectly influenced by both the positive changes (eg increased women's rights and power) and the negative (presumption of masculine "toxicity" and fallibility) in socio-culture over the period surveyed.


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janalsncmyesterday at 10:19 PM

Unsurprisingly, the authors didn’t name “women’s rights” or any other feminism-adjacent culture war issues as a cause of declining testosterone. They did name obesity and diabetes.

In other words, if you’re looking for a boogeyman, blame sedentary lifestyles and ultra processed foods.

superzeyesterday at 10:14 PM

Or the negatives (toxic femininity)

greekrich92yesterday at 10:06 PM

That is not how biology works

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