Are you man enough? Republicans bet on ‘virile, brawny’ testosterone to juice the midterms
Despite several studies around testosterone being debunked as non-scientific, one Columbia University researcher, Louis Berman, claimed in 1921 that ‘we are justified in putting down the white man’s predominance on the planet to a greater all-around concentration in his blood of the omnipotent hormones’. Illustration: Matt Chase/The GuardianUS newsAre you man enough? Service members who are deemed to have low T will be offered state-sponsored replacement therapy.Trump acolytes don’t only want to give men more testosterone, they are keen to castigate those that they think don’t have enough of it.
- ▪Despite several studies around testosterone being debunked as non-scientific, one Columbia University researcher, Louis Berman, claimed in 1921 that ‘we are justified in putting down the white man’s predominance on the planet to a greater a
- ▪Illustration: Matt Chase/The GuardianUS newsAre you man enough?
- ▪Service members who are deemed to have low T will be offered state-sponsored replacement therapy.Trump acolytes don’t only want to give men more testosterone, they are keen to castigate those that they think don’t have enough of it.
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Despite several studies around testosterone being debunked as non-scientific, one Columbia University researcher, Louis Berman, claimed in 1921 that ‘we are justified in putting down the white man’s predominance on the planet to a greater all-around concentration in his blood of the omnipotent hormones’. Illustration: Matt Chase/The GuardianView image in fullscreenDespite several studies around testosterone being debunked as non-scientific, one Columbia University researcher, Louis Berman, claimed in 1921 that ‘we are justified in putting down the white man’s predominance on the planet to a greater all-around concentration in his blood of the omnipotent hormones’.
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