Men, Boys, and Steroids

	posted by Matt on 08:56 AM August 7th, 2005
	Anonymous User writes "An article by a pro wrestler that discusses the serious problem of steroids and the dangerous effects on men and young boys that the media never covers. From the article: 'Steroids are the male equivalent of female eating disorders. Women starve themselves to reach their unrealistic body image standards; guys are taking steroids to reach theirs. This is a very dangerous situation because unfortunately we look for results first and worry about the consequences after. I think we owe it to our kids to be better than that!' "

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"equivalents" (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 11:56 AM August 7th, 2005 EST (#1) It's good to see this. But it should be noted that there are male equivalents to female eating disorders other than just steroids. Men are pressured to take excessive supplements and they develop male body dismorphic disorder and (what some call) bigorexia nervosa. But, as usual, the male problems don't get anywhere near the attention female problems get. One of the only books on this issue I've seen is "The Adonis Complex." Marc A.

Re:"equivalents" (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 12:18 PM August 7th, 2005 EST (#2) Read in the paper today that the is an increase in abnormal breast development in men due to presence of female hormones in the drinking water(from oral contraceptive). Society is quite happy to see mens bodies damaged as long as its in a "good" cause i.e. the cause of empowering women to control their own fertility .                     Now, if womens bodies were being damaged by drinking water polluted by drugs which men took ..... Hotspur

Huh? (Score:2) by Dittohd on 07:20 PM August 8th, 2005 EST (#3) How is our drinking water affected by women's oral contraceptives? From their urine? This sure sounds far-fetched to me, although I'm sure that just about anything is possible. Dittohd

Re:Huh? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 07:51 PM August 8th, 2005 EST (#4) Yes, I once thought the whole idea was a joke. However I am finding so many references to water contamination by the Pill, that I no longer consider it a joke. Example is http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=1497 Hotspur

Re:Huh? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 09:28 PM August 8th, 2005 EST (#5) Waste treatment plants recycle the water you flush down the toilet. Not sure how some drugs wouldn't be filtered out with everything else too.

Re:Huh? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 05:33 AM August 9th, 2005 EST (#6) It seems some drugs are not filtered out. See http://www.newstarget.com/003441.html Hotspur

Re:Huh? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 05:52 AM August 9th, 2005 EST (#7) The article below comes from the link http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Qui rks&article=UPI-1-20050731-12421800-bc-britain-man breasts.xml   Report: Hormones causing more male breasts LONDON, July 31 (UPI) -- Female hormones found in tap water and food may be contributing to the development of breasts on male Britons, doctors said.         The number of male breast reduction surgeries in British clinics has doubled in the past year, said the Sunday Times of London Online. Male breast growth is a medical condition called gynecomastia, and is linked to traces of the contraceptive pill in water and other food hormones used in farm animals. Gynecomastia causes breasts that are not due to fat. They resemble female breasts in makeup and tissue content, doctors say. Yanos Alexandrides, a London plastic surgeon, has been doing roughly four times the male breast reduction surgeries as he did in 2001, and believes processed fast food in particular is to blame. Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.   Hotspur

I also call baloney (Score:1) by scudsucker on 10:30 PM August 9th, 2005 EST (#8) Even if those hormones do affect men, they'd be so rediculously dilute that it wouldn't do anything. See, everything is toxic in the right amounts. You've probably heard that there's stuff in Mt Dew that will shrink your testicles, and there is, but you'd have to drink 400 cans a day for months before it would happen. If you ate a cup of table salt in one sitting, it would kill you. Hell, it's possible to die from drinking too much water - its called hydrolysis, IIRC. "...show young men an ideal of manhood that respects women and rejects violence" George W. Bush - Republican 2005

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