ANTH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Xenoestrogen, Testicular Cancer, In Utero
20 Sep 2016
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Male infertility- one year of unprotected sex without resulting in female partner getting pregnant. Icsh- intestinal cell stimulating hormone is the male equivalent of lh. 50% decline in sperm counts since the 1970s. Environmental estrogens/xenostrogens/ endocrine disruptors- mimic the effect of endogenous estrogen by disrupting feedback loops between the brain and the reproductive organs. In utero exposure of male fetuses due to des drug which was given to pregnant women for morning sickness. Mother rats feed with contaminated fish from the great lakes. Also see an increase in testicular cancer over time. Concept of masculinity shape men"s definitions of a healthy man.
