Roosh and other manosophere authors quoted in NYTimes on declining sperm counts
07-28-2018, 11:14 AMQuote: (07-26-2018 09:49 PM)Bazzwaldo Wrote:
Here's an interesting quote from an article from the Huffington post regarding lower T levels recorded in males
'a “substantial” drop in U.S. men’s testosterone levels since the 1980s, with average levels declining by about 1% per year. This means, for example, that a 60-year-old man in 2004 had testosterone levels 17% lower than those of a 60-year-old in 1987.'
and ' In a 2016 study, the average 20- to 34-year-old man could apply 98 pounds of force with a right-handed grip, down from 117 pounds by a man of the same age in 1985.'
source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/20...9ee9618b7f
I can't find the study but there was at least one conducted which showed young men of the past decade or so have significantly less bone mass (something around 18% less) than the men from 25 years ago. This would fit with the trend towards obesity, which goes hand in hand with reduced bone mass. Lack of physical exercise when young also sets a boy up to become a low bone mass man.
When the US army started to reduce their physical fitness standards to meet recruitment numbers as well as broadly reducing the test standards service wide, there was a notable increase in stress related fractures to deployed troops in Afghanistan. The Marines, which as a smaller service unit did not face the same recruitment pressures, did not reduce their fitness standards and did not see an uptick in stress-related bone fractures and similar injuries. I'm talking about male troops in both cases, of course.
As a side note, it stands to reason (for those Department of Defense planners still paying attention to reason) that women generally are cost inefficient personnel when it comes to filling combat roles, even given the increase in strength we see here and there. Generally speaking women are not getting slimmer and stronger, but a the number of outliers is greater. Alas, we will still see the stupid push to force combat roles into gender neutrality while hoping the use of drones and missiles can paper over any overall decrease in combat power.