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On Wednesday, US <\/span>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced an initiative to screen US military members for low testosterone. \u201cThe modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting,\u201d he said. \u201cIt requires and demands maximum psychological and mental readiness. And by addressing these health markers early, we\u2019re keeping you on the leading edge of lethality.\u201d Troops found to be deficient in the screening, Hegseth said, would be offered testosterone therapy\u2014which, he promised, would make them better warriors. \u201cIt\u2019s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities,\u201d he said, \u201cprotecting your longevity, ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain the fight.\u201d <\/p>

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The idea of a widespread testosterone deficiency\u2014\u201dLow-T\u201d among the extremely online\u2014is having a moment. Over the last few years, influencers have made a cottage industry of telling men that their testosterone levels are low and selling them testosterone therapy. Consumer research firms estimate the market value for testosterone replacement therapy at around $2 billion; that number is expected to increase by a third by 2033.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Guardian<\/em> reported on a recent study of low-T influencers by Emma Grundtvig Gram, a public health researcher at the University of Copenhagen. Gram and her colleagues analyzed 46 TikTok and Instagram posts with a combined following of more than 6.8 million. In the study abstract, the researchers noted that common themes in the posts included \u201cthe rebranding of low testosterone from an \u2018old man\u2019s problem\u2019 to an issue affecting younger men and their fitness\u201d and \u201clow testosterone as a crisis of masculinity and male sexual performance.\u201d <\/p>\n

Yet the notion of a testosterone crisis in need of treatment is not backed by science, says Adriane Fugh-Berman, a professor of pharmacology and physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Screening for testosterone levels isn\u2019t always accurate, she wrote in an email to Mother Jones<\/em>, because in otherwise healthy men, levels can fluctuate dramatically. Symptoms can be \u201cvague and nonspecific;\u201d classic ones such as fatigue, brain fog, and low libido can be caused by myriad other conditions. What\u2019s more, she says, \u201cthere is very little evidence that administration of testosterone can help symptoms.\u201d The drawbacks of overprescribing testosterone are considerable; adverse effects include blood clots, fractures, heart arrhythmia, high blood pressure, kidney problems, infertility, and, adds Fugh-Berman, \u201clet\u2019s not forget testicular shrinkage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite these drawbacks, the Food and Drug Administration seems intent on exploring more applications for testosterone therapy. Last December, the agency convened what it described as an expert panel on the subject; panelists claimed that testosterone supplementation could improve men\u2019s health and quality of life. In a comment to the FDA after the panel, the National Center for Health Research, a medical product safety advocacy group, wrote that testosterone therapy \u201cdoes not improve strength or physical ability\u201d and that \u201cthere is no established relationship between \u2018Low-T\u2019 and most of the symptoms that testosterone is being promoted to treat.\u201d Testosterone, the group warned,<\/strong> \u201cis not a fountain of youth or vitality.\u201d<\/p>

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But that doesn\u2019t stop online influencers from claiming it is exactly that. Gram\u2019s team wrote in the study abstract that the \u201clow-T\u201d posts they analyzed \u201cprey on men\u2019s insecurities about relationships and sexual performance\u201d to sell \u201ctestosterone products for improving the masculine self without supporting evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the manosphere, another influence on Hegseth\u2019s fixation on masculinity may be his spiritual leader, Doug Wilson, the self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Idaho pastor who preached at the Pentagon earlier this year. Wilson has opined extensively about the virtues of \u201cbiblical masculinity,\u201d which he has called \u201ccultural gluten.\u201d Without a patriarchal society led by manly men, he wrote in his 2023 book Mere Christendom<\/em>, \u201cthe cookie just crumbles to pieces in your hand, and is tasteless on top of that.\u201d In a 2020 YouTube broadcast, Wilson declared, \u201cA masculine message is not going to be declared by effeminate men. We have a real crisis in masculinity.\u201d In a February interview with Military Times<\/em>, Wilson noted, \u201cWe should do everything we can do to keep women out of combat roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an email to Mother Jones<\/em>, Wilson called Hegseth\u2019s testosterone screening initiative \u201ca fascinating move\u201d and said he would be \u201cinterested to see what they find out.\u201d <\/p>\n

Since becoming defense secretary in January 2025, Hegseth has ended affirmative action and trans-inclusive policies, dissolved the Pentagon committee that supported female troops, and blocked female military leaders from being promoted. In a speech at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, last year, he proclaimed, \u201cNo more dudes in dresses, we\u2019re done with that!\u201d<\/p>

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