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/Professional_Cry2415 Jul 15 '26

ah so gender-affirming care

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u/TrumpDid2020 Jul 15 '26

Gender affirming care which, if I remember right, actually makes the body compensate for the excess testosterone by producing more estrogen...

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u/blakethairyascanbe Jul 15 '26

It actually turns the testosterone into estrogen. I know that's pedantic, your concept is correct, but the process is a bit different. Aromatase converts testosterone into estrogen. Unless I am wrong, it doesn't even have to be too much T for it to happen; it's just a risk with synthetic T. It's how you get gynecomastia. We're about to have a bunch of dude with leaky titties in the military.

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom Jul 15 '26

We're about to have a bunch of dude with leaky titties in the military.

10y ago this would confuse and shock me. Now I read this and think 'yeah that figures'.

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u/Peglegfish Jul 15 '26

10 years ago I wouldn’t have thought the republicans would advance my dreams of a literal army of femboys, but I won’t complain.