Men today have never been less masculine.
I'm here to change that.
Jim Laird and I recorded a webinar on testosterone optimization on June 24th, 2023.
Jim Laird and I put together a quick video on the top five mistakes we see men making that are tanking their testosterone levels. You can view it here.
How did modern men get so emasculated? Wherever I go, women lament the lack of masculine men in their lives. Men who still embody masculinity are bewildered by the lack of masculine men in American society, and the hostility of society toward them.
What happened to the modern man?
Let's start by asking, what exactly is wrong with modern men?
Modern men, compared to men 100 years ago, have:
Lower testosterone levels
More fat mass
More psychological problems
Lower muscle mass
What do women want? What does peak masculinity look like?
High testosterone levels
Low body fat percentage
A strong mindset, characterized by some combination of adjectives like assertive, dominant, aggressive, exciting, powerful, confident, and so on and so forth
Abundant muscle mass
Testosterone is the key theme running through all these traits. Higher testosterone levels = more masculine traits and features.
How do you tank testosterone levels?
That's what we'll be covering in our upcoming webinar.
One of the biggest problems with the mainstream narrative around testosterone is that "normal" is anything north of some arbitrary number. This is, of course, total nonsense.
Testosterone works on a continuum. The more you have, the more masculine you are.
So long as men have low or "low-normal" testosterone levels, they will remain the unimpressive men that they have, generally speaking, become. Until we correct the reasons for low testosterone in modern men, modern men are going to continue to be passive, lame, sad, pathetic creatures.
If I were an evil genius bent on emasculating modern men, first I would normalize the idea that testosterone is only low when it is very, very low. I would normalize all of the behaviors and products that tank testosterone too.
That is exactly what has happened in modern America.
Sadly, most influencers, doctors, and gurus out there have absolutely no idea what is truly destroying the modern man's testosterone levels.
Most testosterone clinics out there are just throwing testosterone at men like it's candy. The DEA is on track to crack down on testosterone clinics.
That's a major mistake.
The sad thing is that testosterone replacement clinics have no incentive to figure out why testosterone levels are low.
They have an incentive to leave men dependent upon testosterone.
A lot of men wind up dependent upon testosterone anyway.
All of this is the logical conclusion of decades and decades of bad public policy. American public policy has destroyed American masculinity.
Sadly, the alternative health world is awash with myths and legends regarding testosterone. When you read even the most prominent commentators on testosterone, they obviously have no idea about the multitude of other potential threats to testosterone. People just think that eating beef liver, hitting the sauna, and swapping out plastic for glass are going to keep their testosterone levels tip top.
Sign up for our webinar and find out the top five mistakes that Jim and I see men making that are tanking their testosterone levels.
Until next time, be well,
Dr. Stillman
Too many hormone disruptors in our food supply, for sure!