Testosterone is lowering. Sperm counts are shrinking. Men, a once proud and noble half of the human race, are accelerating down the road to extinction. So say many natalists, who tie their fear of demographic decline into their anxieties about gender. But how much of what they claim has any basis in truth whatsoever? This week, June and Josh take a look at Tucker Carlson's 2022 Fox Nation short "The End of Men" to see how it both set a template for and propagated narratives about declining masculinity that have since become ubiquitous.
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EPISODE ART: Tucker Carlson in an ABC News press photo. After spending years as a mid-level host of various news shows, Carlson became a leading star of Fox News' primetime lineup with the debut of Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2016. Carlson was fired by the network in 2023 for spreading falsehoods and misleading video about the January 6, 2020 riots on the United States Capitol and has since become a leading voice of right-wing new media.
SOURCES:
- Why Tucker Carlson's 'The End of Men' Is So Disturbing
- Why Are Testosterone Levels Decreasing?
- Secular trends in testosterone- findings from a large state-mandate care provider
- Environmental Toxins Likely Cause of 50% Decline in Global Sperm Count
- Male fertility is declining – studies show that environmental toxins could be a reason
- Low t and fertility
- Low Testosterone & Fertility
- Endocrine Disruptor
- What are endocrine disruptors?
- What Are Ultra Processed Foods? How Diet Impacts Health
- Seeding doubt: The truth about cooking oils
- Trump executive order on a weed killer chemical didn’t do RFK Jr. any favors
- RFK Jr. post agreeing with Trumps EO
- Red Light Therapy: Benefits, Safety and Things to Know
- Is Eating Raw Eggs Bad?
- Cold Plunge Benefits: The Science Behind Ice Baths for Recovery
- Beef Tallow: Doctors Group Shares Consumer Health Alert Warning
- “Unapologetically Bomb” Whitehouse post
- The Myth of the New Man in Italian Fascist Ideology
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