Can't help wondering to what extent the decline is directly and/or indirectly influenced by both the positive changes (eg increased women's rights and power) and the negative (presumption of masculine "toxicity" and fallibility) in socio-culture over the period surveyed.

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janalsncm a day ago | parent | next [-]

Unsurprisingly, the authors didn’t name “women’s rights” or any other feminism-adjacent culture war issues as a cause of declining testosterone. They did name obesity and diabetes.

In other words, if you’re looking for a boogeyman, blame sedentary lifestyles and ultra processed foods.

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superze a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or the negatives (toxic femininity)

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rsynnott 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

... Wait, what would the mechanism of action be there?!

Like, if the choice of explanations is (a) obesity, and maybe some pesticide stuff, who knows, or (b) _witchcraft_, Occam's razor points a particular way.

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thefz 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do you feel your testosterone falling if you walk past a woman wearing trousers?

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greekrich92 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That is not how biology works

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LaurensBER a day ago | parent [-]

While I mostly agree with your statement there's evidence that testosterone is linked to social status and mental well being.

A 50% drop most likely has a multifactorial explanation, being told that some traditional male traits are bad (and thus lower well being or social status) or medicated away (see e.g the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis) might have some effect.

I'm not nearly knowledgable enough to give any reasonable estimate but it would not surprise me if it was higher than 0%.

	▲	janalsncm a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> might have some effect Snow might have some effect on the height a mountain, but most people believe geological activity is more important than weather. The relevant question isn’t whether something or another might have “some effect” it is how to reduce the main factors which we already know damage men’s sexual health. And spending time on the long tail of factors which may or may not be relevant is sucking all of the oxygen out of the room for addressing the factors we already know are most of the problem.
	▲	_moof a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> testosterone is linked to social status and mental well being As well as a zillion other things. And "linked" in which direction?

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snootypoot a day ago | parent | prev [-]

of course the demonization and social shaming of traditionally "testosterone" involved social hierarchy, behavior, and hobbies is going to have a conditioning effect. im sure that also contributes to high cortisol in men which itself is a significant impediment to healthy testosterone levels