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Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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WTF?

Wouldn't this put added stress on personnel? To see if they measure up?

Also sounds like he wants soldier bodies to be like machines.

Or is it about some sexuality bias?

The proposal sounds obscene to me.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

fascist-leaning (small f) ideology has an obsession about their own unique concept of masculinity, including plenty of pseudo-science. One of the most striking cases is in food, where on the more extreme levels, infamous grifters (who are clearly lie about their own diet) pitch a cure-all "carnivore diet", or soy avoidance (supposedly increases estrogen; it doesn't), or raw milk drinking (I've heard a report that the NSN partake in this, along with other unlisted diet restriction). But on a lesser level, this filters down into a pseudo-scientific misinterpretation of proteins in fitness communities which has entered into our mainstream shopping experience.

Why Don't Fascists Eat Vegetables? is a very insightful watch. (The downside is the whole deep-dive is 6 hours long, but even watching sections is insightful)

I also wouldn't be too surprised if this is just posturing to the public, who may be concerned about of reports about the loosening fitness standards under previous regimes in a desperate attempt to try and boost falling military recruitment. But it's also obviously related to fascistic ideas of traditional gender, and the scapegoating of not just trans people, but also cis people who just aren't 'masculine' enough (yes, we know, they're hypocrites, it's obvious).