Even though I already made my 5 contributions, I really
wanted to share yet another Cracked article I had been reading for my own
leisure. It deals with how certain things affect testosterone production in men
and how many habits that we have may be detrimental to the production of this
chemical thereby reducing our ‘manliness’. It is a humor article but it does
cite its sources and while the information itself is medically interesting if
you particularly like the subject of hormones, I think that the most interesting
part is what the humor inadvertently displays. Many jokes are cracked that a
lack of testosterone is threatening, to the point where diabetes seems like it
may be worth it. It also illustrates many stereotypes and notions of manliness.
For example, it talks about how low carb diets and high protein diets are
definitely manly but reduce testosterone. It’s interesting to see the countless
ways in which the article simply assumes that there are certain things
unrelated to our sexuality (such as preference in food) that go hand in hand
with our masculinity nevertheless.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20133_5-reasons-modern-life-driving-manliness-to-extinction_p2.html
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