yeah like, what is the underlying idea? because there has to be a reason the man just told the entire world he thinks the military isn’t manly enough. from a neutral perspective it’s just an incredible own goal, so there has to be some rationale other than he wants soldiers to be bald and hairy.
Right wing straight men have a lot of anxiety over sperm count and testosterone levels dropping since the 60s, and their solution is a bandaid (more testosterone) instead of looking at the cause (likely pollution and worse physical health). These values are based in heterosexist beliefs about testosterone and masculinity.
yeah like, what is the underlying idea? because there has to be a reason the man just told the entire world he thinks the military isn’t manly enough. from a neutral perspective it’s just an incredible own goal, so there has to be some rationale other than he wants soldiers to be bald and hairy.
Right wing straight men have a lot of anxiety over sperm count and testosterone levels dropping since the 60s, and their solution is a bandaid (more testosterone) instead of looking at the cause (likely pollution and worse physical health). These values are based in heterosexist beliefs about testosterone and masculinity.
right, that’s the obvious reason, but announcing it directly was obviously going to be a pr disaster. so what made it worth doing?