Tucker Carlson: The End of Men
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:
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
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Comments (4)
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yeah - seconding this. i had much the same thought when listening to the episode and actually couldn't finish it, just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Happy to report my testosterone and sperm count have dropped dramatically after my orchiectomy 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Everyone trying to pronounce pfas gave me flashbacks to my first conference presentation, I practiced pronouncing "Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" for hours and still messed it up