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highplainsdem

(64,061 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:19 PM Wednesday

Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency

Source: Guardian

The US defense secretary unveiled plans for a new screening program for testosterone deficiency among troops that will work to ensure service members have the “right testosterone levels” to perform at their optimal conditions in a video posted to X.

“I’m authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members, ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best,” Hegseth said in the video.

“As we know, the modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting,” he added. “It requires and demands maximum psychological and mental readiness, and by addressing these health markers early, we’re keeping you on the leading edge of lethality, and giving you the same level of support that you give this nation-the absolute best.”

“Warfighters” aged 30 and above will undergo annual tests as part of their health assessments, while those under 30 can choose to opt in, Hegseth said. Treatment, including testosterone replacement therapy, is voluntary and aimed at “restoring and optimizing” natural capabilities.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth



See reply 1 for the idiot's video announcement.
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Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency (Original Post) highplainsdem Wednesday OP
Hegseth's video announcement: highplainsdem Wednesday #1
Fucking mouth breathing idiot Botany Thursday #122
Can we also test for testosterone excess? snot Wednesday #2
Clearly they want excess testosterone. live love laugh Thursday #111
Some soldiers are women. Does Hegseth know that? tblue37 Thursday #118
Not if he can help it. travelingthrulife Thursday #124
I thought this was going to be The Onion! Ocelot II Wednesday #3
TOTALLY Sounds Like The Onion!! Hegseth Needs To...... ColoringFool Wednesday #37
I am really amazed. No fiction writer could have thought this up. Biophilic Wednesday #4
Sounds like a sci-fi novel of creating Super Warriors underpants Wednesday #17
der Ubermernsch. What else could we expect from a Nazi regime? wnylib Wednesday #47
Next Hegseth will be putting them on meth, like the Nazis did some of their soldiers, especially the Waffen SS. n/t PatrickforB Wednesday #70
There's got to be a gateway purr-rat beauty Wednesday #83
It wasn't just the Waffen SS. It was most of the Army. Aristus Thursday #110
Next...weighing testicles purr-rat beauty Wednesday #84
I foresee a rise in domestic violence and other complaints around bases. RandySF Wednesday #5
"we're keeping you on the leading edge of lethality" Grokenstein Wednesday #15
Fellow Psychopath To Trump. I Can See Hegseth Thinking...... ColoringFool Wednesday #39
As you wish... ultralite001 Wednesday #61
And yet, they are fighting air wars, not ground wars where wnylib Wednesday #51
Exactly..... reACTIONary Wednesday #57
So Hegseth wants military personnel to have wnylib Wednesday #59
That fascist is planning ground troops in Cuba. Justice matters. Wednesday #107
My guess is before elections. wnylib Wednesday #108
That would give all Dem candidates a free publicity gift Justice matters. Thursday #109
And the women? Bayard Wednesday #6
"War fighters" I'm guessing only Combat Arms. underpants Wednesday #13
he call the all "war fighters" rampartd Wednesday #26
Yes Aviation Pro Wednesday #40
He's already throwing out the women The Blue Flower Wednesday #56
That's what this is all about, kicking the women out KS Toronado Wednesday #90
I imagine women in the service will be deemed to be testosterone-deficient. n/t Mister Ed Wednesday #7
This is how he will bully his way around title nine Walleye Wednesday #10
Does that include the women? I had to look to see if it was the Onion Walleye Wednesday #8
I thought this was the Onion when I first saw it. What an insecure, yet dangerous moron. hlthe2b Wednesday #9
That does sound satisfying. Would make a good scene in a movie. Walleye Wednesday #14
For some reason women will test poorly. Turbineguy Wednesday #11
Yet Biden was encroaching on service members' rights by making COVID vaccines mandatory? hamsterjill Wednesday #12
Hahaha he was pretty sexy...only saw a bit of Beastmaster later on - I saw him in the Original V electric_blue68 Thursday #117
Let him take the test first. llmart Wednesday #16
the thought of his tiny shriveled you-know-whats CharleyDog Wednesday #29
Guy has been the avatar for roid rage for probably a couple decades. Maru Kitteh Wednesday #86
Is Pete a closet case? RandySF Wednesday #18
I thought this would be an Onion article Sequoia Wednesday #19
Pete: a rather small soldier, sitting in a closed dark area, flying a drone that is 1000 miles away,... ashredux Wednesday #20
Be afraid of ICE, be afraid of police, and CharleyDog Wednesday #35
As the "Commander-in-Thief" of our "warriors"... Wuddles440 Wednesday #21
Fear not whiskey Pete, all of them will have a higher count than yours. republianmushroom Wednesday #22
Petey seems really obsessed with masculinity... Escape Wednesday #23
Wouldn't flu shots be more effective? dickthegrouch Wednesday #24
Kegsbreath should be tested for intellectual and moral deficiencies. 3catwoman3 Wednesday #25
One thing this tells us is that Pete has low testosterone. Scrivener7 Wednesday #27
Hell, let's just give them all CharleyDog Wednesday #28
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Wednesday #74
Experimental testing...................... Lovie777 Wednesday #30
The top leader should be tested for kacekwl Wednesday #31
From time to time . . . AverageOldGuy Wednesday #32
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb WorseDayEver Wednesday #33
Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie Pinback Wednesday #55
Already mentioned but worth repeating.... test the Commander In Chief? Norrrm Wednesday #34
Zero Testosterone Maninacan Wednesday #36
Warfighters? What would expect from the Secretary of War? patphil Wednesday #38
Well, demanding a certain level of testosterone slightlv Wednesday #41
I'd bet that Hegseth huffs his armpits. Harker Wednesday #42
Republicans are fucking ridiculous. This modern obsession of theirs with testosterone levels is insane as it is Karasu Wednesday #43
Nazis and the Cult of Super-Masculine Soldiers (Must-Read).............. ColoringFool Wednesday #44
Kegsbreath hasn't exactly been subtle about his influences here. Karasu Wednesday #76
"the leading edge of lethality"? Orange Buffoon Wednesday #45
Very poetic line, but as sick as it gets. ColoringFool Wednesday #49
.....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and riversedge Wednesday #46
One goal is .....no women. ColoringFool Wednesday #50
a gay heaven then ? WorseDayEver Wednesday #58
He's jealous of ICErs... ananda Wednesday #48
Whoa! Chi67 Wednesday #52
While he is screening gay porn films Klarkashton Wednesday #53
Precious Body Fluids no_hypocrisy Wednesday #54
Hegseth has a Comic-Book Mentality tonekat Wednesday #60
This sounds like a test for male porn stars. twodogsbarking Wednesday #62
2 more years cant get here fast enough get rid of all these trumpers FloridaBlues Wednesday #63
Gender affirming care Mz Pip Wednesday #64
Side effects of too much testosterone include: ultralite001 Wednesday #65
and Prostate Cancer Auggie Wednesday #69
What is this Fing idiot going to do with men with high testosterone numbers? My guess is he doesn't understand... usaf-vet Wednesday #66
Anybody ask mgardener Wednesday #67
N/T. Bridge TOO FAR. We are in VERY DEEP Orwellian waters. Hope peeps wake the fuck up and revolt. slumcamper Wednesday #68
Such a great reflection of his own inadequacy. efhmc Wednesday #71
I suspect "voluntary" won't be so voluntary in a year jmowreader Wednesday #72
Did someone invest in supplements? Do people have to take it forever once they start testosterone supplements? mahina Wednesday #73
The Manosphere is obsessed with T levels. JFK Jr. is hyped on it. maxsolomon Wednesday #75
After you, Petie Boy! Hope you're not deficient. no_hypocrisy Wednesday #77
He definitely has a thing for gonads! ExtraGriz Wednesday #78
Putting the gone in gonads. They'll be shriveled prunes by the time they leave service. nt Xipe Totec Wednesday #79
And the female soldiers? nt Xipe Totec Wednesday #80
Who would have thought that the "... Great Again"... 70sEraVet Wednesday #81
Serious mental illness. pat_k Wednesday #82
This sure explains a lot about Kegsbreath. Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #85
Nutcase obsessed with nut sacks. Efilroft Sul Wednesday #87
How Hegseth expects US troops to look NickB79 Wednesday #88
That guy has a really tiny head GenThePerservering Thursday #125
Why are MAGA so obsessed with genitals and sex and such?! Rabrrrrrr Wednesday #89
Master debaters line WA-03 Democrat Wednesday #91
...says the guy who had to have a hair/makeup room installed at the Pentagon? Drum Wednesday #92
Hedgesuck maliaSmith Wednesday #93
This is about sex discrimination against women. Nothing more, nothing less. valleyrogue Wednesday #94
Hey Kegsbreath! How about a friendly game of CHESS! I can't wait to Fuckin' KICK YOUR ASS !!! BOZO !!! eom Exp Wednesday #95
I thought gender affirming care was bad. Imperialism Inc. Wednesday #96
I hope the failed infantry officer and tabless beyotch Aviation Pro Wednesday #97
Hegseth should be a screened for a deficiency in brain cells. There are many things that have been scientifically proven Martin68 Wednesday #98
Just when you thought he couldn't be more stupid Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday #99
It used to be a very routine thing for Democrats to be accused of being in favor of tighter state controls in all areas. Janbdwl72 Wednesday #100
This country is a complete nut house. Bristlecone Wednesday #101
Too much testosterone I_UndergroundPanther Wednesday #102
Flying drones is brutal and unrelenting Renew Deal Wednesday #103
Wow, and that fuckwit will likely not listen to specialists Warpy Wednesday #104
Ummm, so, if number is low, are they gonna provide 'gender affirming' supplements? Attilatheblond Wednesday #105
Great. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #106
He needs to be tested for brain cells, blood alcohol and STDs relayerbob Thursday #112
How about a daily sobriety test for Kegsbreath? Crowman2009 Thursday #113
Pile that on for another reason not to enlist! Crowman2009 Thursday #114
Test Hegseth. Iggo Thursday #115
Does he want to start his own Theban Band? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday #116
Testosterone will rise without alcohol! BidenRocks Thursday #119
Someone needs to tell him Blumancru Thursday #120
Kegsbreath must have just seen this 1977 movie, SHOCK WAVES. raccoon Thursday #121
Whiskey Pete has some serious mental health issues. travelingthrulife Thursday #123
I was a kid right around the end of WWII dedl67 Thursday #126
Seriously? sedwin 19 hrs ago #127

Botany

(78,489 posts)
122. Fucking mouth breathing idiot
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 05:51 AM
Thursday

He already admitted to the fact as men age their testosterone levels drops but
how does that decrease a man’s skill level of being a good soldier?

ColoringFool

(1,618 posts)
37. TOTALLY Sounds Like The Onion!! Hegseth Needs To......
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:40 PM
Wednesday

Exit his closet. Be true to himself.

Because there is no way on God's green Earth that he is not gay.

Biophilic

(6,882 posts)
4. I am really amazed. No fiction writer could have thought this up.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:22 PM
Wednesday

They just get sicker and sicker. Anyone who thinks this is an ok idea is just not right in the head.

underpants

(198,129 posts)
17. Sounds like a sci-fi novel of creating Super Warriors
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:35 PM
Wednesday

out of the American fast food vaping video gamer remote control lot.

I’m not picking on the kids, we’ve been like that for decades.

PatrickforB

(15,576 posts)
70. Next Hegseth will be putting them on meth, like the Nazis did some of their soldiers, especially the Waffen SS. n/t
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:54 PM
Wednesday

purr-rat beauty

(1,811 posts)
83. There's got to be a gateway
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:49 PM
Wednesday

But vaccinations to protect against illnesses so they can perform without shitting up a lung is a violation of their rights? ok.

These fucks don't know if they're coming or going

Still need investigations into the mass illnesses with recruits and beyond because of this fuck

Aristus

(72,866 posts)
110. It wasn't just the Waffen SS. It was most of the Army.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:02 AM
Thursday

And a lot of civilians in Germany, too. Pervetin, a commercially produced form of methamphetamine, was available over the counter in Germany until 1938. After that, one needed a prescription from a doctor. And you could usually get one just by asking.

The Wehrmacht gave Pervitin out in bucketloads to tank drivers, soldiers pulling days-long guard shifts, anyone who needed to stay awake, alert, and it was hoped, preternaturally aggressive.

For decades, historians and German veteran memoirists insisted that the troops’ astounding accomplishments in endurance and persistence were due to discipline, élan, and devotion to duty.

Nope. They were high as kites and stoned out of their minds.

purr-rat beauty

(1,811 posts)
84. Next...weighing testicles
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:51 PM
Wednesday

....and measuring dick length

These fucks are so freudian and freaky

Grokenstein

(6,483 posts)
15. "we're keeping you on the leading edge of lethality"
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:32 PM
Wednesday

He's REALLY excited to unleash the hordes upon the proles.

ColoringFool

(1,618 posts)
39. Fellow Psychopath To Trump. I Can See Hegseth Thinking......
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:44 PM
Wednesday

The "crazy" scene in "Alice's Restaurant" at the Draft Induction Office, where the protagonist yells, "KILL! KILL! KILL!"---

is a positive depiction of a "warrior." Just like the military does in the movie.

wnylib

(27,128 posts)
51. And yet, they are fighting air wars, not ground wars where
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:04 PM
Wednesday

maximum strength and fitness would be needed.

wnylib

(27,128 posts)
59. So Hegseth wants military personnel to have
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:18 PM
Wednesday

high testosterone levels in the belief that it will make them more aggressive, not for fitness on the battlefield.

He wants aggressive button pushers.

Justice matters.

(10,318 posts)
107. That fascist is planning ground troops in Cuba.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:29 PM
Wednesday


Question is before or after the elections?

And a second question is for how long?

wnylib

(27,128 posts)
108. My guess is before elections.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:51 PM
Wednesday

The US military can defeat Cuba. It is weaker than Iran. I think that Trump believes that a US win in Cuba would boost his tough guy image to compensate for his disaster in Iran.

He can then claim to be the anti communist hero. He hopes it would boost his standing and help defeat Drms in the midterms, especially if he equates Dems with communism, as he keeps trying to do.

Justice matters.

(10,318 posts)
109. That would give all Dem candidates a free publicity gift
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:02 AM
Thursday

(if they would dare accepting it) = "promised no new endless wars" "his adventures cost a trillion while cutting Medicare, Medicaid, diseases-preventing programs, food for the poor" et al.

Also "wants the Nobel Peace Prize while bombing foreign countries to distract from a million mentions in the Epstein files" et al.

They BETTER use this gift and more.

Bayard

(30,957 posts)
6. And the women?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:27 PM
Wednesday

I started laughing the minute I saw the headline. Thought it was The Onion!

Is he going to toss out anyone that doesn't meet his standard?

The Blue Flower

(6,711 posts)
56. He's already throwing out the women
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:13 PM
Wednesday

The guy is truly sick. How long would it have been until Fox booted him?

KS Toronado

(24,446 posts)
90. That's what this is all about, kicking the women out
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:22 PM
Wednesday

Sorry, until you get your testosterone levels up with the men it's a dishonorable discharge.

Walleye

(46,060 posts)
8. Does that include the women? I had to look to see if it was the Onion
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:28 PM
Wednesday

We used to say ,”this guy is high on his own supply”

hlthe2b

(115,551 posts)
9. I thought this was the Onion when I first saw it. What an insecure, yet dangerous moron.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:29 PM
Wednesday

I'd love for the women to gang up on him and beat the living shit out of him (but, no, I don't want THEM to suffer more--so just a temporary mental vision)...

hamsterjill

(18,132 posts)
12. Yet Biden was encroaching on service members' rights by making COVID vaccines mandatory?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:30 PM
Wednesday

Has anyone ever seen the movie "The Beastmaster" with Marc Singer? I had a huge crush on him when I was growing up, so I sat through anything he made.

In this movie, the bad guy takes his soldiers and turns them into crazed maniacs who will do whatever he commands. THIS is what this shit reminds me of.

electric_blue68

(28,249 posts)
117. Hahaha he was pretty sexy...only saw a bit of Beastmaster later on - I saw him in the Original V
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:54 AM
Thursday

CharleyDog

(842 posts)
29. the thought of his tiny shriveled you-know-whats
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:19 PM
Wednesday

inadvertently popped into my mind, I didn't want it, but now I see it. Thanks.

I mean why else is he so obsessed with his masc? and allegedly sexually violent against women. It all makes sense now, he's got the tiny tiny tiny tiny nothing burger in his own real estate.

Maru Kitteh

(32,183 posts)
86. Guy has been the avatar for roid rage for probably a couple decades.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:06 PM
Wednesday

His testicles are probably the size of Crazins.



ashredux

(3,030 posts)
20. Pete: a rather small soldier, sitting in a closed dark area, flying a drone that is 1000 miles away,...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:55 PM
Wednesday

He does not need a lot of testosterone…. It doesn’t matter if he has a beard, it doesn’t matter if he’s slightly overweight …. He can kill a lot of people with a drone….. and he was a teenage geek who played computer games all day long….

Today’s warfare is not just some macho bodybuilder with M-16’s.

CharleyDog

(842 posts)
35. Be afraid of ICE, be afraid of police, and
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:39 PM
Wednesday

coming soon (because "insurrectionists, terrorists, especially the left-wing" ) the National Guard
and the military jacked up, high on masculine power and their threats of violence

I'm sure Hegseth watches his favorite clips of Nazis beating/killing/raping on repeat

Wuddles440

(2,203 posts)
21. As the "Commander-in-Thief" of our "warriors"...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:56 PM
Wednesday

is Pedo Don going to be subjected to this testing and the subsequent treatment for any deficiencies?

republianmushroom

(23,060 posts)
22. Fear not whiskey Pete, all of them will have a higher count than yours.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:00 PM
Wednesday

And not one will have BONE SPURS, Pete.

Escape

(594 posts)
23. Petey seems really obsessed with masculinity...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:00 PM
Wednesday

Has he mentioned anything about inspecting and documenting penis dimensions?

dickthegrouch

(4,753 posts)
24. Wouldn't flu shots be more effective?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:02 PM
Wednesday

At keeping the military ready for action. Or do they only fight in the summer?

Scrivener7

(60,508 posts)
27. One thing this tells us is that Pete has low testosterone.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:10 PM
Wednesday

I'd bet the house on it.

Every accusation is a projection and a confession.

CharleyDog

(842 posts)
28. Hell, let's just give them all
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:12 PM
Wednesday

"testosterone, and why not steroid injections for everybody. Especially for ICE, let's jack them up and have a REAL civil war." -Hegseth probably

Response to CharleyDog (Reply #28)

AverageOldGuy

(4,459 posts)
32. From time to time . . .
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:25 PM
Wednesday

. . . I read, see, or hear something that is absolutely indescribably stupid. This is one of those times.

I served 28 years in the Army, one tour in Vietnam. My son is a former Special Forces soldier.

My son and I both have advised his two boys that they are never, never, not ever to even think about military service. This bullshit just confirms our advice to my two grandsons.

WorseDayEver

(72 posts)
33. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:35 PM
Wednesday

General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don't think I do, sir, no.

General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago,
he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians.
They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no
longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist
subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap
and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: [very nervous] Lord, Jack.

General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.

General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen... tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?

General Jack D. Ripper: [somewhat embarassed] Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.

General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.

Pinback

(13,791 posts)
55. Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:12 PM
Wednesday

General Jack D. Ripper: Women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.

Let’s hope the unprovoked nuclear attack remains fiction.

Norrrm

(6,333 posts)
34. Already mentioned but worth repeating.... test the Commander In Chief?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:37 PM
Wednesday

Next will be forcing semi-nude soldiers for Trump to admire and comment about.

Maninacan

(387 posts)
36. Zero Testosterone
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:39 PM
Wednesday

I knew a man with zero testosterone that was forced thru puberty and is tougher than hell.

slightlv

(8,338 posts)
41. Well, demanding a certain level of testosterone
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:49 PM
Wednesday

will certainly aid him in kicking out women soldiers! That's been one of his main goals, anyway. Beyond that, the country is gonna have a buttload of over testosterone loaded men looking for bar fights, fights in general, domestic violence, and rape opportunities. I suggest women arm themselves as tho THIS is the battlefield, cause for us, it will be.

Damned this stupid "warrior" mentality mode... you get a lot more accomplished with cooperation than you do blowing everything up, including each other. I'll be so glad when this pendulum swings... and I hope it swings wide enough to hit them all upside the head!

Karasu

(2,529 posts)
43. Republicans are fucking ridiculous. This modern obsession of theirs with testosterone levels is insane as it is
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Wednesday

disturbing.

ColoringFool

(1,618 posts)
44. Nazis and the Cult of Super-Masculine Soldiers (Must-Read)..............
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:54 PM
Wednesday

Introduction · The "New German Man": Masculinity in Nazi Germany · Nazi Germany https://share.google/jDR33IAAL1cYqYDdv

Especially disturbing is the chapter on how ordinary men became propagandized into enthusiastic mass murderers.

riversedge

(82,630 posts)
46. .....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:00 PM
Wednesday

So--will women in the military get testosterone or estrogen??
I want to laugh but this is so damn stupid --and dangerous!!--to the health of our service folks!


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth

.....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and estrogen, as “chemical and surgical mutilation”. Hegseth’s announcement did not address the more than 231,000 women who serve as active duty service members in the US military.

According to research published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, young men are being aggressively targeted online by influencers and wellness companies promoting hormone tests and treatments as essential to being a “real man”, despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most people in this age group.......................................

..............

Chi67

(1,300 posts)
52. Whoa!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:09 PM
Wednesday

This could e extremely dangerous for soldiers’ health. Is he insane? Well…that was a stupid question

tonekat

(2,617 posts)
60. Hegseth has a Comic-Book Mentality
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:24 PM
Wednesday

He's at War in his own mind, Technicolor fantasies of macho triumphs, and crew cuts for all!

ultralite001

(2,922 posts)
65. Side effects of too much testosterone include:
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:42 PM
Wednesday

Infertility
Increased risk of blood clots
Unusually high testosterone levels can even cause the body to turn the excess testosterone into estrogen – the female sex hormone – which can exacerbate clotting issues.


https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/does-testosterone-cause-cancer.h00-159780390.html

usaf-vet

(7,893 posts)
66. What is this Fing idiot going to do with men with high testosterone numbers? My guess is he doesn't understand...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:44 PM
Wednesday

... a high testosterone level may be an indicator of possible prostate cancer.

Nor does he understand that for each troop on the battlefield, there is a support need.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth-to-tail_ratio?hl=en-US#:~:text=The%20tooth%2Dto%2Dtail%20ratio,soldier%20(%22tooth%22).

During Vietnam, it was considered 5-7 non-combatants for each combatant on the ground.

mgardener

(2,460 posts)
67. Anybody ask
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:45 PM
Wednesday

What happens if a soldier does not want to take testosterone?
Will they be forced to?
You know, they don't want to be forced to take vaccines.
Could they be forced to take testosterone?

slumcamper

(1,796 posts)
68. N/T. Bridge TOO FAR. We are in VERY DEEP Orwellian waters. Hope peeps wake the fuck up and revolt.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:49 PM
Wednesday

jmowreader

(53,621 posts)
72. I suspect "voluntary" won't be so voluntary in a year
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:05 PM
Wednesday

I don’t think I’d want to be a company commander under the Town Drunk…your end-of-command-tour Officer Evaluation Report would be a shit show. “Captain Smith’s command tour was best known for having to sign Soldiers out of MP custody holds due to domestic violence incidents. While it is true that every single one of them had been put on high level testosterone doses by that fucking idiot currently pretending to be defense secretary and therefore Captain Smith is not being held responsible for this disaster, we cannot deny that it happened. I am recommending Captain Smith be rebranched to one where all the troops aren’t roided out so he can record a successful command tour. He’s a fine officer who didn’t deserve what the Army did to him.”

And…y’know, I find it a bit difficult to agree with him that he’s the Manliest of All Men when he sought out, accepted and held for ten years a job requiring makeup wear. A lot of guys wear cosmetics; very few of them want you to believe they drag 32-foot oak logs uphill by their teeth for entertainment like this moron does.

mahina

(20,946 posts)
73. Did someone invest in supplements? Do people have to take it forever once they start testosterone supplements?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:05 PM
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I think so.

This is nuts, of course.

And dumb.

And damaging.

God in heaven, what we ask of our military.

maxsolomon

(39,612 posts)
75. The Manosphere is obsessed with T levels. JFK Jr. is hyped on it.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:10 PM
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Listen to sports radio, you'll hear Testosterone testing and treatment advertised 3-4 times an hour.

You certainly shouldn't need it supplemented when you're 30.

ExtraGriz

(554 posts)
78. He definitely has a thing for gonads!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:26 PM
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What's next?....is he gonna grab each men by the gonad and demand they turn left and cough?

Xipe Totec

(44,622 posts)
79. Putting the gone in gonads. They'll be shriveled prunes by the time they leave service. nt
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:39 PM
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70sEraVet

(5,826 posts)
81. Who would have thought that the "... Great Again"...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:40 PM
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part of MAGA meant going back to the 1920's days of the 'Monkey Gland Doctor'!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Voronoff

(too sick to be funny)
I wouldn't advise ANYBODY to go into THIS military.

Buddyzbuddy

(3,163 posts)
85. This sure explains a lot about Kegsbreath.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:00 PM
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Probably takes testosterone injections and yet gives off the least masculine vibe. This is the worst that our gender has to exhibit.

Fake bravado due to his inferiority complex which is very obvious. This guy is so f*cked up from childhood. He will never feel like a man no matter what he does. The tattoos, the weightlifting, the primping, the snug clothes, overly aggressive behavior, especially towards women and now probably testosterone. So many of the MAGA males are so fragile and they all want daddy T to love them. So much so they would do anything for him. Including risking prison. Sadly, they will never feel man enough to be secure. Which means, in private when alone with their thoughts they are fragile little monsters that know they'll always be weak. Weak of mind, of body and the essence of what makes a truly good real man. Just to name a few qualities, his humanity, his empathy, his vulnerability that allows him the ability to recognize these qualities not as weakness but as shared qualities with the one element he's trying to repel, women.
Without the ability to see women as his equal, he will always be the weaker, lesser gender.

I can see why so many men believe the earth is 6,000 years old. Evolution passed them over and they don't know it. But, we do. They are the guys that beat and rape women. That don't want to vote for a woman for President or hate anybody that isn't heterosexual, the guys that need a really big gun that fires a lot of bullets or in a holster on their hip, at a mall. The men that are scared of everything just but won't admit it.

maliaSmith

(232 posts)
93. Hedgesuck
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:46 PM
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Hedgesuck is worrying about men's testosterone levels and ability to do what men do, while not promoting women. This ahole is worried about men being able to perform in the bedroom. What a cretin he is.

valleyrogue

(2,868 posts)
94. This is about sex discrimination against women. Nothing more, nothing less.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:57 PM
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Officers over 30 would more likely want to be career military, and therefore Kegsbreath wants to make sure women never get in a position to advance in the military.

Exp

(1,097 posts)
95. Hey Kegsbreath! How about a friendly game of CHESS! I can't wait to Fuckin' KICK YOUR ASS !!! BOZO !!! eom
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:09 PM
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Martin68

(28,488 posts)
98. Hegseth should be a screened for a deficiency in brain cells. There are many things that have been scientifically proven
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:27 PM
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to be associated with lower testosterone levels. SEAL training is a major one. Having a family is another. It's a lot more complicated than the bros think.

Janbdwl72

(350 posts)
100. It used to be a very routine thing for Democrats to be accused of being in favor of tighter state controls in all areas.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:58 PM
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However, this is the latest indication of how the Republican Party led by the Felon and Hogsbreath have strongly supported a number of measures, including this ridiculous idea, to basically strongly advocate, whatever new overly intrusive and oppressive measures they can possibly concoct to the workers or in this case, military personnel.

Any reports on the morale of the military in light of a number of outrageous rules that Hogsbreath has mandated?

Renew Deal

(85,567 posts)
103. Flying drones is brutal and unrelenting
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:14 PM
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Hegseth guy is focused on the wrong things. He's a disgrace and will be a laughingstock for the remainder of history.

Warpy

(114,827 posts)
104. Wow, and that fuckwit will likely not listen to specialists
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:31 PM
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in the medical field who I am sure have already tried to inform him on the wildly fluctuating levels in most men, levels that change from hour to hour.

These people are a bunch of mentally deficient children.

Attilatheblond

(9,604 posts)
105. Ummm, so, if number is low, are they gonna provide 'gender affirming' supplements?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:56 PM
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WTAF does the drunk at Defense spend his time on?

Blumancru

(462 posts)
120. Someone needs to tell him
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 04:34 AM
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That chronic excessive alcohol consumption causes low testosterone levels. Also, if you give too much t, it can convert to estrogen. Testes will shrivel into tiny MAGA raisinettes. Happens to bodybuilders sometimes, along with gynecomastia.
As a heterosexual male I personally do appreciate breasts, but not to the point that I want to grow my own.

dedl67

(306 posts)
126. I was a kid right around the end of WWII
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:48 PM
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My Dad and all the men around oure neighborhood and circle of friends had fought in the war: e.g., first wave Omaha Beach, first over Remagen Bridge, fighter pilot in Pacific, etc. I don't think they were every worrying about testosterone levels. They were too busy winning a war. That's more than I can say for this prancing ass clown.

sedwin

(13 posts)
127. Seriously?
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:06 PM
19 hrs ago

Here's an idea why don't we screen citizens for cancer, insist on vaccines to prevent spreading disease and providing life saving healthcare for our citizens. These guys are fixated on "manhood" and incidentally screening for and providing testosterone is gender affirming care. These guys are ridiculous.

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