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Superficially, it seems crazy. That said, testosterone rates actually have been falling for a while now [1][2], and 'that's a thing'. Scientifically. Also, we
by jariel 6y ago
Superficially, it seems crazy.
That said, testosterone rates actually have been falling for a while now [1][2], and 'that's a thing'. Scientifically.
Also, we spend way too much time indoors as a species and there may possibly be a gendered aspect to it.
If we can talk all day about special needs, issues and accommodation for women, there's not reason we can't do so for men.
Never an athlete myself, and loathing the American focus on Collegiate sports - I've actually come to admire it. Maybe not to the 'they call get full ride' kind of admiration, but rather, a respect for the fact that physical vitality is part of our essential being.
1 hour of PT/sports per day should be standard literally all the way through life: Elementary, HS, College, integrated into the Workplace.
Just getting people moving would fundamentally change so many things. Probably ever aspect of life would improve, and if we want to make it a 'men's issue' I'll bet that rates of ADD, attention span etc. improve, as an unscientific hunch.
Edit: It's not a 'hunch' - physical activity will improve ADD [3], attention span [4].
[1] https://www.icenews.is/2010/05/17/testosterone-levels-decreasing-in-danish-men/#axzz4f1HF2xrr https://www.icenews.is/2010/05/17/testosterone-levels-decrea...
[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/health-testosterone-levels-dc-idUKKIM16976320061101?edition-redirect=uk https://www.reuters.com/article/health-testosterone-levels-d...
[3] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0193945916649954 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/019394591664995...
[4] https://www.unh.edu/healthyunh/blog/2013/07/recent-study-ties-physical-activity-longer-attention-span https://www.unh.edu/healthyunh/blog/2013/07/recent-study-tie...