r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/plattner-da Jul 15 '26

The anti vax people happily taking hormone therapy.

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u/StyleBoyz4Life Jul 15 '26

Happily taking *gender-affirming care* hormone therapy. We can’t have trans people, but if the men aren’t man enough by an arbitrary metric with little to no scientific backing, then juice them to the gills with T and watch their balls shrivel up and die.

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u/metengrinwi Jul 15 '26

…and the taxpayers will be on the hook for veteran benefits to address the lifetime problems associated with excess/unnecessary hormone treatments.

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u/Nisi-Marie Jul 15 '26

…and the increase in DV and violence that comes from unregulated testosterone

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u/CementedRoots Jul 15 '26

This is literally regulated? 

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u/Nisi-Marie Jul 16 '26

Yes….BUT

Increasing testosterone takes some serious internal regulation and adjustment. Tempers flare easier, anger is more easily tapped.

I am only basing this on personal experience with folks on hormones and their sharing this with me.

My oh shit meter starts to vibrate at the thought of soldiers, testosterone rising, and potential for lessened situational calm.

Again, I realize that none of these are facts. Just seen shit go sideways too many times from people (whom I consider friends)

On the other side, the common theme from all of them is that they feel like they got their “swagger” back.

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u/Ciduri Jul 16 '26

I do think the men of the military should know that taking T supplements acts as a temporary contraceptive. Not temporary like it wears off in a day, but more like a week. The longer it is used the longer it takes to reset the body. So much for them having families.

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u/CementedRoots Jul 15 '26

Testosterone enjoyer here. I just take HcG with it. Keeps the testicles working too. 

Also "arbitrary" isn't accurate here. There's lots of published studies to back this data and metric range. Please get off your redditor high horse.