Bye Bye Testicles
Although I am always pretty busy, I try to keep up on what is going on in the world. When I have finished perusing FoxNews.com and other websites while unwinding at night, I occasionally visit Reuters.com to see a completely different perspective. I was shocked when I saw this headline smack dab on the site: “Men's testosterone levels declined in last 20 years” As a natural bodybuilder doing everything possible to keep my boys swimming (if ya’ know what I’m sayin’), this made my two less than perfect, glasses-framed eyes head straight for the article. It also made me, in a round-about, Lobliner-like way, take an in-depth look at society and what the heck is going on with our men.
I look around and it is as if men are not the men they used to be. Gone are the days of the “Macho Man”. We have killed him and replaced him with “Sensitive Man” or “Fat Man”. That’s right, I said it. Men, from what I see, are losing respect for themselves and their appearance. There no longer seems to be that “Strong Survive” mentality that I used to see. We have become feminized. While environmental exposure is hypothesized to be causing some of the “1 percent a year” drop, the article also states, “They hypothesized that the rising prevalence of obesity as well as the sharp decline in cigarette smoking might help explain their findings, given that testosterone levels are lower among overweight people and smoking increases testosterone levels.” This led me to the chicken and the egg approach to thinking. Are we turning into girly-men (thanks Arnold!) due to the drop in testosterone or is our plight to become a non-sexist, conformist nation driving a male’s natural response to well, being manly, into the dumpster thus lowering testosterone levels? Could this drop in T be an evolutionary response to the end of the man as we were defined?
Now I’ll admit, I am married and even have a daughter whom I play dress up with. My wife runs the household, manages finances, has an equal say in everything we do. Heck, she is the glue that keeps us all from falling apart. But what makes me different? Why do I think I am still a man? Part of being a man is being someone who works hard at whatever
it is he decides to do and the one word that best describes what
a man is in my opinion is PRIDE. Think about it. You can tell when
you have met a man who takes pride in what they do. And when you
are a man who also happens to be a Physique Enthusiast or Bodybuilder,
you can tell that they take pride in how they look and from my management
experience, which also carried over into what they do outside of
the gym. They take pride in all that they do!
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