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- Not that anyone needs any validation of how dumb this all is/was, but high testosterone levels don't necessarily mean you're going to be a burly muscly macho man. https://youtu.be/1162ouPHH3Q?si=ZAy5vo3loo0EfYbu&t=84by fredley
- They never cared about the policy at all. It was just something to get a bump in the Fox News cycle for a day. Leadership knew that, and quietly let it go.by ramesh31
- If we explained how dumb this was somebody would have to resign, so we’ll just sweep it under the carpet.by badgersnake
- They realised that gender affirming care is something that they were against?by blipvert
- I was very surprised the "we need more white babies" people were pushing a policy that lowers sperm count.by ChiperSoft
- Why would it require explanation? It was stupid beyond belief to begin with. It would be like rescinding a policy profiling soldiers using phrenology or waving some scientology wand over them or something.
The fact that people think there's anything even worthy of discussion on this is alarming to me.
by jknoepfler - > “Taking testosterone is not going to make you more manly, more strong, or a more robust individual. That’s just not how it works,”
It will make you stronger. Perhaps not at certain therapeutic ranges, but there is a reason this would get you kicked out of the Olympic Games.
by bob1029 - I don’t know much about this except that I know perfectly normal or even jacked men with lower than expected testosterone. I suspect messing with hormones based on the results of a test and no actual problems can unnecessarily alter mood.
So my theory—based mostly on conjecture—is that these tests selected people they didn’t expect and the treatments would do more harm than good.
by tyleo