Yes, THAT DoubleD.
Joined Aug 2023
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Want to maintain higher T-levels? Do manly things, and leave the baby stuff to your female.
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The authors of the study are trying to form causal link where one doesn't exist to conclude that males who have children have lower T.
This gives the headline for journalists to write headlines like the original article: "Men's Testosterone Drops Steeply When Baby Arrives" and tradcon-adjacent sites to say things like "Raising human offspring is such an effort that it is cooperative by necessity, and our study shows that human fathers are biologically wired to help with the job."
... but they push that this "could indicate an anticipatory psychological component to men's T decline around the time of birth of their children"
Then they state that their results are consistent with another study of multiple bird species that show drops in T-levels for fathers that help raise their young.
I checked that study about birds, and they state, "polygynous males appear less responsive to social environmental cues than are monogamous males"
This steep drop was 26-34%, but this was also among new fathers who reported >=3 hours of child care per day compared to fathers who weren't involved in child care. Additionally, there are other studies cited in the paper that indicate that fathers who do not participate in child care have higher T-levels. There appears to be a correlation with the amount of childcare a man provides and his T-levels...
It took a bit more digging, but I found the original study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182719/
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole this morning studying male reactions to becoming fathers, and I found this article that cites a study that states that males who have higher testosterone are more likely to become fathers, but after all males studied became fathers their T-levels dropped sharply though temporarily.
They study authors concluded that the drop is caused by the need to adjust: "having a newborn baby require many emotional, psychological and physical adjustments"...
I would highly recommend watching this latest video from Marcus.
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If anyone hasn't read Might Is Right by Ragnar Redbeard (the 1896 edition), I would recommend reading Nietzsche's works first: at least Antichrist if not On the Genealogy of Morals. Ragnar is a bit verbose and rather bellicose seemingly without the subtlety of Nietzsche. I may have more updates as I continue reading.
I am continuing my work. I keep finding interesting things that I want to say and then have to edit.
@Tfmonkey @VooDooMedic @mrhorsetwat A point about boomers wanting in-office work (from the Saturday show): It's not just boomers--it's females too. The refrain I've heard is that the office is good for communication and team-building.
This really means that females just want to talk and not work. If you want to see someone's face to read body language, we have web cams.
I think the true reasons for pushing office work are for local tax breaks on corporate space and females in leadership.
I was just listening to the Wednesday show. Why do does it seem that people like to shout and grow defensive, not addressing the points carefully so that accuracy is maintained in discussion? I personally am not a fan of it. Are we searching for understanding or trying to show that we can shout more vehemently?
"The femme fatale is one of the most mesmerizing of sexual personae. She is not a fiction but an extrapolation of biologic realities in women that remain constant. "
Source: Paglia, Camille (1990). Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. London: Yale University Press. pp. 16. ISBN 978-0-300-04396-9.
If feminists openly say it, why do males not believe it. All females have this capacity.
@Tfmonkey Article link about AI as a school teacher:
https://www.rt.com/india/593985-india-gets-its-first-ai-teacher/
@VooDooMedic, @mrhorsetwat Don't let him forget, please.
This may not seem like a big deal, but it is a VERY big deal for credit card companies.
I wanted to bring your attention to this if you're not already (this is going to be a repost on MMM too):
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the US has just announced a price cap on credit card late fees. They've been $32; now they can be no more than $8.
Card issuers are also forbidden from increasing fees past $8 to keep pace with inflation unless they can "prove" the higher fee is necessary to cover their costs.
Who here is familiar with the Imperial Truth from Warhammer 30K? If you are, what did you think of it?
Yes, THAT DoubleD.
Joined Aug 2023
