Your line that male hormonal decline "flies under the radar" because "there is no name for it" is the bit I keep coming back to.
That is exactly it. Menopause has a name, a timeline, a whole cultural script, so women at least get pointed toward a workup. Men get a slow 1-2% a year with no label, so the fatigue and the lost drive get filed under just getting older until it is years deep.
Once the decline has a name, men actually go looking. Without one it just reads as aging.
Your line that male hormonal decline "flies under the radar" because "there is no name for it" is the bit I keep coming back to.
That is exactly it. Menopause has a name, a timeline, a whole cultural script, so women at least get pointed toward a workup. Men get a slow 1-2% a year with no label, so the fatigue and the lost drive get filed under just getting older until it is years deep.
Once the decline has a name, men actually go looking. Without one it just reads as aging.
Exactly! Great point and thank you for sharing your perspective.
Just signed up and look forward to learning, this has been on my radar for some time- thanks Doc!