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In mammals generally testosterone levels and photoperiod are very closely linked. It would be surprising if our increasing use (abuse) or artificial light didn't sharply drop our testosterone levels.
Testosterone also drops from high consumption of animal products.
Fatherhood is the best startup I ever did.
I had heard that sperm counts are dropping. What was news to me was that the decline is continuing, even accelerating, and also the concomitant drop in testosterone levels, starting even in utero. The bit about AGD was also pretty crazy — followed by the bit about men becoming less male . Some fear-mongering there no doubt, but a topic which in this era is more likely to be met with scoffs of “good riddance” rather t…
> followed by the bit about men becoming less male. This is pretty obvious without any research (papers). The difference between my generation and our children is already staggering in this regard. Not sure if that's just change in culture or physiological though; maybe a bit of both?
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> followed by the bit about men becoming less male. This is pretty obvious without any research (papers). The difference between my generation and our children is already staggering in this regard. Not sure if that's just change in culture or physiological though; maybe a bit of both?
You can also make the argument just as easily if not easier that women are becoming more manly. Seems like these trends would be dominated by social change and it's silly to assume any kind of physiological difference without a solid study.
I see that young people today are absolutely behaving different than my generation but also than my parents and grandparents and great grandparents. I mean to say that my father, grandfathers and great grandfathers were all rather similar while they are all really different than the current generation. I think I like the current situation better. But yes, this needs solid studies if someone someone would be interested in finding the cause; not guessing or speculation.
Is it possible that sperm counts are lower simply because there is less selective pressure for producing lots of sperm? Less sperm competition and increased fertility due to medicine would both do that.
Only those deliver are important and only woman by definition reproduce. For diversity, one day the female as a race can get each other X genes ... why need Y ...
The question is why we need male? Not totally sure actually even though I am male.
I had heard that sperm counts are dropping. What was news to me was that the decline is continuing, even accelerating, and also the concomitant drop in testosterone levels, starting even in utero. The bit about AGD was also pretty crazy — followed by the bit about men becoming less male . Some fear-mongering there no doubt, but a topic which in this era is more likely to be met with scoffs of “good riddance” rather t…
likely to be met with scoffs of “good riddance” My first thought was that this may also cast light on the rise of the trans rights movement. If men are becoming less male, surely this relates to so many people saying "I'm really a woman trapped in a man's body." or vice versa. This may also help explain why trans people are so often met with open hostility as "freaks" etc. No, I am not defending their mistreatment. B…
Is man is even needed is my take. Only those deliver are important and only woman by definition reproduce. For diversity, one day the female as a race can get each other X genes ... why need Y ... The question is why we need male? Not totally sure actually even though I am male.
I think we are all about information. Some information works better for survival of a species than other information. The knowledge that helps better, helps flourish. Bad knowledge dwindles the number of specimen. In effect, better and better information is passed down generations. Different cultures, languages, genders have different perspectives, ways of thinking about different things. More the variety there is, the more possibility is there for new thoughts, and different mental models. And the more the differences, the better are our chances of survival. Men have a different way of thinking about a lot of things than women (consider the choice of games in childhood). And so, I think, having both genders survive is better for our species than just one :)
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Jesus Christ, #2 sounds dangerously like the parent pushing her viewpoints on the poor kid.
Where do you see that? I don't get that at all. It clearly sounds like his decision to wear dresses — the mother is just reflecting on the implications of that choice.
Makes me a little ... queasy.
FWIW I’m not particularly bothered by the concept that a little kid may want to wear dresses. It’s just the tone in the story seems a bit ... not reputable.