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(DISCLAIMER: I am hoping we can discuss this from a purely intellectual perspective and not bring ideology into it) I have always postulated that the increase
by tyri_kai_psomi 7y ago
(DISCLAIMER: I am hoping we can discuss this from a purely intellectual perspective and not bring ideology into it)
I have always postulated that the increase of estrogenic compounds may have some impact on what seems to be an utter surge of reported cases of gender dysphoria amongst others other disorders that typically arise when you mess with hormonal/endocrine systems. Has there been any scientific research done on this topic or is just viewed as an untouchable subject due to fear of backlash (which would be a shame if so)? It's no secret by now that we have been consuming large amounts of estrogenic compounds now in large amounts, whether it is indirectly through plastics and other industrial compounds, hormone-filled meats and dairy, other animal by-products, prescription of hormones, or more directly through the over-prescription and overuse of hormones and other drugs that have a pseudo-hormonal effect on our brains such as steroids (there is even hormones in our drinking water!) I just wonder if we are barking up a tree we have so little understanding of.
As an anecdote, I as a male suffered from gynecomastia. I did a lot of research. I learned what once used to be almost always guaranteed to be denied by insurance because it was considered purely cosmetic, is now so common insurances felt the need to cover it. So the insurance companies seem to have even caught whiff of something being "in the water" so to speak.
I wonder if we will look back in 50 years, just like some of us can point back and say about our grandparents and great grandparents generation and say "oh yeah it was all that lead you were exposed to which caused all those adverse effects (health-wise, personality-wise, and IQ wise)" if we will point back and say "oh yeah it was all those hormones or hormone disruptors you pumped into everything"
- sp332 7y agoMy "intellectual perspective" on this theory that you just made up is that you just made it up. Have a nice day.
- tyri_kai_psomi 7y agoWell yes. It is my theory. I did make it up, formulating my own hypothesis. What is your point?
- thatswrong0 7y agoI would expect if that were the case that you’d see a disparity in the number of MtF compared to FtM. And the MtF to FTM ratio is according to the NIH 2.2:1, which is pretty significant (Although now I’m reading the methodology behind that number may be flawed)
- devmunchies 7y agoThere are so many things that have changed in the last 50 years that there is a a large surface area of changes that could be causing mass hormone imbalance. Plastics, daily dairy consumptions (every meal!), soy, sedentary lifestyle, processed food, lack of minerals in soil/food, not being exposed to natural fungus in soil and nature, not consuming enough fermented foods because we have refrigeration, not enough meditation we would get from sitting in front of a fire, not enough exposure to heat/cold in the natural seasons, not using natural ground water... obviously not all of that, but my point is that it could be anything.
- Scoundreller 7y agoDunno about the benefits of fermented food: oxidized nitrates ain’t great for you.
- devmunchies 7y agonegative properties doesn't mean there aren't any beneficial properties. maybe fermented food are good for our gut biome or something, which impacts our metabolism and fat levels, which impacts our hormones levels, idk. you're missing the point.
- hnick 7y agoIt's accepted that male fertility rates are lower than in the past in the developed world, but further to that I recall reading that it also applies to our dogs, who are exposed to many of the same environmental factors despite a different diet in many cases.