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highplainsdem

(64,023 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:19 PM 11 hrs ago

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 11 hrs ago OP
Hegseth's video announcement: highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #1
Can we also test for testosterone excess? snot 11 hrs ago #2
Clearly they want excess testosterone. live love laugh 1 hr ago #111
I thought this was going to be The Onion! Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #3
TOTALLY Sounds Like The Onion!! Hegseth Needs To...... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #37
I am really amazed. No fiction writer could have thought this up. Biophilic 11 hrs ago #4
Sounds like a sci-fi novel of creating Super Warriors underpants 11 hrs ago #17
der Ubermernsch. What else could we expect from a Nazi regime? wnylib 10 hrs ago #47
Next Hegseth will be putting them on meth, like the Nazis did some of their soldiers, especially the Waffen SS. n/t PatrickforB 9 hrs ago #70
There's got to be a gateway purr-rat beauty 8 hrs ago #83
It wasn't just the Waffen SS. It was most of the Army. Aristus 2 hrs ago #110
Next...weighing testicles purr-rat beauty 8 hrs ago #84
I foresee a rise in domestic violence and other complaints around bases. RandySF 11 hrs ago #5
"we're keeping you on the leading edge of lethality" Grokenstein 11 hrs ago #15
Fellow Psychopath To Trump. I Can See Hegseth Thinking...... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #39
As you wish... ultralite001 9 hrs ago #61
And yet, they are fighting air wars, not ground wars where wnylib 10 hrs ago #51
Exactly..... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #57
So Hegseth wants military personnel to have wnylib 9 hrs ago #59
That fascist is planning ground troops in Cuba. Justice matters. 2 hrs ago #107
My guess is before elections. wnylib 2 hrs ago #108
That would give all Dem candidates a free publicity gift Justice matters. 2 hrs ago #109
And the women? Bayard 11 hrs ago #6
"War fighters" I'm guessing only Combat Arms. underpants 11 hrs ago #13
he call the all "war fighters" rampartd 11 hrs ago #26
Yes Aviation Pro 10 hrs ago #40
He's already throwing out the women The Blue Flower 9 hrs ago #56
That's what this is all about, kicking the women out KS Toronado 5 hrs ago #90
I imagine women in the service will be deemed to be testosterone-deficient. n/t Mister Ed 11 hrs ago #7
This is how he will bully his way around title nine Walleye 11 hrs ago #10
Does that include the women? I had to look to see if it was the Onion Walleye 11 hrs ago #8
I thought this was the Onion when I first saw it. What an insecure, yet dangerous moron. hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #9
That does sound satisfying. Would make a good scene in a movie. Walleye 11 hrs ago #14
For some reason women will test poorly. Turbineguy 11 hrs ago #11
Yet Biden was encroaching on service members' rights by making COVID vaccines mandatory? hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #12
Hahaha he was pretty sexy...only saw a bit of Beastmaster later on - I saw him in the Original V electric_blue68 15 min ago #117
Let him take the test first. llmart 11 hrs ago #16
the thought of his tiny shriveled you-know-whats CharleyDog 10 hrs ago #29
Guy has been the avatar for roid rage for probably a couple decades. Maru Kitteh 8 hrs ago #86
Is Pete a closet case? RandySF 11 hrs ago #18
I thought this would be an Onion article Sequoia 11 hrs ago #19
Pete: a rather small soldier, sitting in a closed dark area, flying a drone that is 1000 miles away,... ashredux 11 hrs ago #20
Be afraid of ICE, be afraid of police, and CharleyDog 10 hrs ago #35
As the "Commander-in-Thief" of our "warriors"... Wuddles440 11 hrs ago #21
Fear not whiskey Pete, all of them will have a higher count than yours. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #22
Petey seems really obsessed with masculinity... Escape 11 hrs ago #23
Wouldn't flu shots be more effective? dickthegrouch 11 hrs ago #24
Kegsbreath should be tested for intellectual and moral deficiencies. 3catwoman3 11 hrs ago #25
One thing this tells us is that Pete has low testosterone. Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #27
Hell, let's just give them all CharleyDog 10 hrs ago #28
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #74
Experimental testing...................... Lovie777 10 hrs ago #30
The top leader should be tested for kacekwl 10 hrs ago #31
From time to time . . . AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #32
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb WorseDayEver 10 hrs ago #33
Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie Pinback 9 hrs ago #55
Already mentioned but worth repeating.... test the Commander In Chief? Norrrm 10 hrs ago #34
Zero Testosterone Maninacan 10 hrs ago #36
Warfighters? What would expect from the Secretary of War? patphil 10 hrs ago #38
Well, demanding a certain level of testosterone slightlv 10 hrs ago #41
I'd bet that Hegseth huffs his armpits. Harker 10 hrs ago #42
Republicans are fucking ridiculous. This modern obsession of theirs with testosterone levels is insane as it is Karasu 10 hrs ago #43
Nazis and the Cult of Super-Masculine Soldiers (Must-Read).............. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #44
Kegsbreath hasn't exactly been subtle about his influences here. Karasu 8 hrs ago #76
"the leading edge of lethality"? Orange Buffoon 10 hrs ago #45
Very poetic line, but as sick as it gets. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #49
.....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and riversedge 10 hrs ago #46
One goal is .....no women. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #50
a gay heaven then ? WorseDayEver 9 hrs ago #58
He's jealous of ICErs... ananda 10 hrs ago #48
Whoa! Chi67 10 hrs ago #52
While he is screening gay porn films Klarkashton 10 hrs ago #53
Precious Body Fluids no_hypocrisy 9 hrs ago #54
Hegseth has a Comic-Book Mentality tonekat 9 hrs ago #60
This sounds like a test for male porn stars. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #62
2 more years cant get here fast enough get rid of all these trumpers FloridaBlues 9 hrs ago #63
Gender affirming care Mz Pip 9 hrs ago #64
Side effects of too much testosterone include: ultralite001 9 hrs ago #65
and Prostate Cancer Auggie 9 hrs ago #69
What is this Fing idiot going to do with men with high testosterone numbers? My guess is he doesn't understand... usaf-vet 9 hrs ago #66
Anybody ask mgardener 9 hrs ago #67
N/T. Bridge TOO FAR. We are in VERY DEEP Orwellian waters. Hope peeps wake the fuck up and revolt. slumcamper 9 hrs ago #68
Such a great reflection of his own inadequacy. efhmc 9 hrs ago #71
I suspect "voluntary" won't be so voluntary in a year jmowreader 9 hrs ago #72
Did someone invest in supplements? Do people have to take it forever once they start testosterone supplements? mahina 9 hrs ago #73
The Manosphere is obsessed with T levels. JFK Jr. is hyped on it. maxsolomon 8 hrs ago #75
After you, Petie Boy! Hope you're not deficient. no_hypocrisy 8 hrs ago #77
He definitely has a thing for gonads! ExtraGriz 8 hrs ago #78
Putting the gone in gonads. They'll be shriveled prunes by the time they leave service. nt Xipe Totec 8 hrs ago #79
And the female soldiers? nt Xipe Totec 8 hrs ago #80
Who would have thought that the "... Great Again"... 70sEraVet 8 hrs ago #81
Serious mental illness. pat_k 8 hrs ago #82
This sure explains a lot about Kegsbreath. Buddyzbuddy 8 hrs ago #85
Nutcase obsessed with nut sacks. Efilroft Sul 7 hrs ago #87
How Hegseth expects US troops to look NickB79 7 hrs ago #88
Why are MAGA so obsessed with genitals and sex and such?! Rabrrrrrr 6 hrs ago #89
Master debaters line WA-03 Democrat 5 hrs ago #91
...says the guy who had to have a hair/makeup room installed at the Pentagon? Drum 5 hrs ago #92
Hedgesuck maliaSmith 5 hrs ago #93
This is about sex discrimination against women. Nothing more, nothing less. valleyrogue 5 hrs ago #94
Hey Kegsbreath! How about a friendly game of CHESS! I can't wait to Fuckin' KICK YOUR ASS !!! BOZO !!! eom Exp 5 hrs ago #95
I thought gender affirming care was bad. Imperialism Inc. 4 hrs ago #96
I hope the failed infantry officer and tabless beyotch Aviation Pro 4 hrs ago #97
Hegseth should be a screened for a deficiency in brain cells. There are many things that have been scientifically proven Martin68 4 hrs ago #98
Just when you thought he couldn't be more stupid Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago #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 4 hrs ago #100
This country is a complete nut house. Bristlecone 4 hrs ago #101
Too much testosterone I_UndergroundPanther 4 hrs ago #102
Flying drones is brutal and unrelenting Renew Deal 3 hrs ago #103
Wow, and that fuckwit will likely not listen to specialists Warpy 3 hrs ago #104
Ummm, so, if number is low, are they gonna provide 'gender affirming' supplements? Attilatheblond 3 hrs ago #105
Great. LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #106
He needs to be tested for brain cells, blood alcohol and STDs relayerbob 1 hr ago #112
How about a daily sobriety test for Kegsbreath? Crowman2009 1 hr ago #113
Pile that on for another reason not to enlist! Crowman2009 1 hr ago #114
Test Hegseth. Iggo 1 hr ago #115
Does he want to start his own Theban Band? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 48 min ago #116

ColoringFool

(1,606 posts)
37. TOTALLY Sounds Like The Onion!! Hegseth Needs To......
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:40 PM
10 hrs ago

Exit his closet. Be true to himself.

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

Biophilic

(6,858 posts)
4. I am really amazed. No fiction writer could have thought this up.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:22 PM
11 hrs ago

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

underpants

(198,086 posts)
17. Sounds like a sci-fi novel of creating Super Warriors
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:35 PM
11 hrs ago

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

(15,574 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
9 hrs ago

purr-rat beauty

(1,792 posts)
83. There's got to be a gateway
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:49 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(72,852 posts)
110. It wasn't just the Waffen SS. It was most of the Army.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:02 AM
2 hrs ago

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

(1,792 posts)
84. Next...weighing testicles
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:51 PM
8 hrs ago

....and measuring dick length

These fucks are so freudian and freaky

Grokenstein

(6,481 posts)
15. "we're keeping you on the leading edge of lethality"
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:32 PM
11 hrs ago

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

ColoringFool

(1,606 posts)
39. Fellow Psychopath To Trump. I Can See Hegseth Thinking......
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:44 PM
10 hrs ago

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

(27,092 posts)
51. And yet, they are fighting air wars, not ground wars where
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:04 PM
10 hrs ago

maximum strength and fitness would be needed.

wnylib

(27,092 posts)
59. So Hegseth wants military personnel to have
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:18 PM
9 hrs ago

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.

(10,305 posts)
107. That fascist is planning ground troops in Cuba.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:29 PM
2 hrs ago


Question is before or after the elections?

And a second question is for how long?

wnylib

(27,092 posts)
108. My guess is before elections.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:51 PM
2 hrs ago

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.

(10,305 posts)
109. That would give all Dem candidates a free publicity gift
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:02 AM
2 hrs ago

(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

(30,931 posts)
6. And the women?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:27 PM
11 hrs ago

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

(6,704 posts)
56. He's already throwing out the women
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:13 PM
9 hrs ago

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

KS Toronado

(24,418 posts)
90. That's what this is all about, kicking the women out
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:22 PM
5 hrs ago

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

Walleye

(46,020 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
11 hrs ago

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

hlthe2b

(115,526 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
11 hrs ago

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

(18,109 posts)
12. Yet Biden was encroaching on service members' rights by making COVID vaccines mandatory?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:30 PM
11 hrs ago

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

(28,211 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
15 min ago

CharleyDog

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

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

(32,181 posts)
86. Guy has been the avatar for roid rage for probably a couple decades.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:06 PM
8 hrs ago

His testicles are probably the size of Crazins.



ashredux

(3,022 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
11 hrs ago

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

(836 posts)
35. Be afraid of ICE, be afraid of police, and
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:39 PM
10 hrs ago

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

(2,198 posts)
21. As the "Commander-in-Thief" of our "warriors"...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:56 PM
11 hrs ago

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

republianmushroom

(23,025 posts)
22. Fear not whiskey Pete, all of them will have a higher count than yours.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:00 PM
11 hrs ago

And not one will have BONE SPURS, Pete.

Escape

(590 posts)
23. Petey seems really obsessed with masculinity...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:00 PM
11 hrs ago

Has he mentioned anything about inspecting and documenting penis dimensions?

dickthegrouch

(4,752 posts)
24. Wouldn't flu shots be more effective?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:02 PM
11 hrs ago

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

Scrivener7

(60,499 posts)
27. One thing this tells us is that Pete has low testosterone.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:10 PM
11 hrs ago

I'd bet the house on it.

Every accusation is a projection and a confession.

CharleyDog

(836 posts)
28. Hell, let's just give them all
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:12 PM
10 hrs ago

"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

(4,454 posts)
32. From time to time . . .
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:25 PM
10 hrs ago

. . . 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

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

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

(13,786 posts)
55. Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:12 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(6,305 posts)
34. Already mentioned but worth repeating.... test the Commander In Chief?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:37 PM
10 hrs ago

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

Maninacan

(386 posts)
36. Zero Testosterone
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:39 PM
10 hrs ago

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

slightlv

(8,327 posts)
41. Well, demanding a certain level of testosterone
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:49 PM
10 hrs ago

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

(2,510 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
10 hrs ago

disturbing.

ColoringFool

(1,606 posts)
44. Nazis and the Cult of Super-Masculine Soldiers (Must-Read)..............
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:54 PM
10 hrs ago

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

(82,560 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
10 hrs ago

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

(1,299 posts)
52. Whoa!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:09 PM
10 hrs ago

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

tonekat

(2,614 posts)
60. Hegseth has a Comic-Book Mentality
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:24 PM
9 hrs ago

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

ultralite001

(2,907 posts)
65. Side effects of too much testosterone include:
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:42 PM
9 hrs ago

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
9 hrs ago

... 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

(2,458 posts)
67. Anybody ask
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:45 PM
9 hrs ago

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
9 hrs ago

jmowreader

(53,612 posts)
72. I suspect "voluntary" won't be so voluntary in a year
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:05 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(20,932 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
9 hrs ago

I think so.

This is nuts, of course.

And dumb.

And damaging.

God in heaven, what we ask of our military.

maxsolomon

(39,590 posts)
75. The Manosphere is obsessed with T levels. JFK Jr. is hyped on it.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:10 PM
8 hrs ago

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
8 hrs ago

What's next?....is he gonna grab each men by the gonad and demand they turn left and cough?

Xipe Totec

(44,621 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
8 hrs ago

70sEraVet

(5,819 posts)
81. Who would have thought that the "... Great Again"...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:40 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(3,153 posts)
85. This sure explains a lot about Kegsbreath.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:00 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(230 posts)
93. Hedgesuck
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:46 PM
5 hrs ago

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

(2,849 posts)
94. This is about sex discrimination against women. Nothing more, nothing less.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:57 PM
5 hrs ago

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
5 hrs ago

Martin68

(28,462 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
4 hrs ago

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

(344 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
4 hrs ago

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

(85,561 posts)
103. Flying drones is brutal and unrelenting
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:14 PM
3 hrs ago

Hegseth guy is focused on the wrong things. He's a disgrace and will be a laughingstock for the remainder of history.

Warpy

(114,820 posts)
104. Wow, and that fuckwit will likely not listen to specialists
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:31 PM
3 hrs ago

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

(9,586 posts)
105. Ummm, so, if number is low, are they gonna provide 'gender affirming' supplements?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:56 PM
3 hrs ago

WTAF does the drunk at Defense spend his time on?

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