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"Obese teenage boys are at risk for more than diabetes and heart disease, a new study has found. They also have alarmingly low levels of testosterone - between 40 to 50% less than males of the same age with a normal body mass index."

TerriChris

October 18, 2012

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http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/12/alarming-low-testosterone-levels-found-in-obese-teenage-boys/

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Title	"Obese teenage boys are at risk for more than diabetes and heart disease, a new study has found. They also have alarmingly low levels of testosterone - between 40 to 50% less than males of the same age with a normal body mass index."
Author	TerriChris
Upvotes	20
Comments	9
Date	October 18, 2012 1:15 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/11or5q/obese_teenage_boys_are_at_risk_for_more_than/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/obese-teenage-boys-are-at-risk-for-more-than.1011067 https://theredarchive.com/post/1011067

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I think it's commonly accepted among the gender egalitarian sphere that biological privileges don't really have any merit. Obese boys are at higher risk of diabetes and heart disease. This isn't the result of misandry. This isn't the result of radical feminism. It's the result of the physiology of obese boys. Gender egalitarianism is about biases, privileges, and entitlements in favor of one gender, and the eradication thereof. If this article was about disproportionate funding towards diseases that (mostly) affect just one of the sexes (e.g. breast cancer, cervical cancer, penile cancer, testicular cancer) that's one thing, because it would reveal a social bias towards one gender. We can change to which fields of research our funds go. But we can't modify the natural physiology of the bodies of men and women. That's the difference. We put our efforts into social biases and conventions that we can change through activism and protesting. It's futile to protest "biological" privileges that no amount of advocacy will influence.

[–]elebrin 2 points3 points4 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link