Post Date December, 02 2023
Why is the old man more tired than before?
In the past, men and women could be quickly identified by looking at their clothes and listening to their voices, but now this matter has become difficult. Men's cosmetics fill the shopping malls, sexy men's fashions rush into the streets, speak softly, lack confidence, and shrink back when things happen... All of these are conveying a message: men lack masculinity and are becoming less and less "men". What is it that robs men of masculinity?
Androgen is gradually decreasing
"Finally, someone has begun to pay attention to this problem!" said Professor Wu Xueyan, member of the Standing Committee of the Andrology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the Endocrinology Department of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital. Professor Wu has been interested in male reproductive endocrinology for nearly 20 years. In his outpatient clinic, there are fifteen or six people who come to consult with him every week about sexual characteristics or sexual development.
"At present, the overall male androgen reduction has become an indisputable fact!" Wu Xueyan said that developed muscles, prominent laryngeal nodes, thick beard, and low voice are important physiological characteristics of a normal adult man. However, due to the interference of many adverse factors, such as environmental pollution, changes in people's lifestyle and so on, the reduction of male hormones has led to the gradual change of the rough men in the past into today's "feminine" cream babies.
Wu Xueyan said that men's masculinity is mainly manifested in two aspects: first, they tend to be feminine in appearance, such as wearing long hair, wearing colorful, neutral and even feminine clothes, talking in a soft voice, and moving softly; Secondly, the internal character is not decisive enough, lacks self-confidence, and is afraid to take responsibility. The latter is indeed related to the decrease of male hormones.
The main reasons why men are feminine
What causes modern men to become more feminine? The first is environmental pollution. On December 9, 2008, a comprehensive study of more than 250 scientific studies in the world showed that males, including humans, are becoming more and more "feminine" due to the pollution of chemicals in the environment. "Insecticides, detergents, cosmetics and even foods may contain natural hormones or hormone-like substances, which have a great impact on the human endocrine system," said Wu Xueyan.
The second is bad lifestyle. Long-term smoking, drinking, and excessive pressure are easy to cause vasoconstriction, even cardiac ischemia and other symptoms. Although these factors are not particularly obvious, they may affect the endocrine system over time.
The third is physiological reasons. Wu Xueyan reminded that if a man has not developed secondary sexual signs such as laryngeal nodules and beard after the age of 14, he should be alert to related diseases such as hypophysis anterior hypophysis and malnutrition caused by chronic diseases, and should go to the endocrine department of a regular hospital in time.
In fact, in addition to the above reasons, the psychological factors, family education and social environment of male individuals can not be ignored.
Family doting has turned Mount Taishan into a kitten. Wang Yuru, president of the Shanghai Psychological Counseling Industry Association, said that most of the post-80s generation are only children. Some parents raise their children as both boys and girls, without using clear reference standards to define them. Under such circumstances, even "Mount Taishan" has to become a "kitten".
"Feminine Beauty" is popular on the screen. "It's really impossible to watch TV now! There are" milky "boys everywhere". Xiaoyuan, who loves the image of "man", complained. Li Xinying, associate professor of the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that there are more and more images of "feminine and beautiful men" in Japanese cartoons, popular Korean dramas and talent shows, and the information conveyed by the media plays an invisible role in fuelling the flames.
Self-seeking performance. Wang, 23, has a delicate face, a long braid and a soft voice. He has been misunderstood as a girl more than once. "What kind of society it is now, people can look at it as they like. I can dress up as I like!" The diversity of aesthetic values makes people more self-conscious about their own dress.
Guo Yundan, Department of Sociology, Fudan University in Shanghai, believes that the development of gender culture is also one of the reasons. There is no gender in the sociological sense in life. "male and female" is a standard set by the traditional gender culture. The individual "social person" has gradually been liberated, and the diversity of values has also made social evaluation become tolerant and open-minded. Men no longer completely obey the standards set by others, nor repress their inner thoughts in order to meet the external standards.
Social development leads to impotence
Professor Pan Suiming, a famous sex sociologist and director of the Institute of Sexual Sociology of Renmin University of China, has the most immediate feeling of male femininity that there are more and more such students, which is reflected in their starting to show their failure and weakness more bluntly. "In fact, it is not only in recent years that men are not masculine." The 60-year-old sexologist still remembers the "search for men movement" in the 1980s.
Professor Pan analyzed that people generally think that men are not masculine enough, which is related to the fact that people have not adapted to the fact that men and women tend to be equal in love, marriage and other "private fields". Modern women have more opportunities to work outside, and "full-time wives" are fewer and fewer. The so-called "husband and son", "three obedience and four virtues" and other restrictions are reduced. They can gain a firm foothold in society through themselves and strive for the same status as men. Therefore, both men and women feel confused about how to deal with this problem.
Although many people feel uncomfortable with "sissy" men, there is even a voice of "contempt". And there are not a few people who shout "men are human beings, and have the freedom to pursue their own lifestyle". Professor Pan also agreed. He said that in the past, men had more responsibilities than women, so they had a high social status and also "looked down on women". If we advocate that men are all masculine, it means taking more responsibilities and having more control over women, which is a step back. "And whether this result is really what women want, maybe it is a question mark."
