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It depends on how much weed you've been taking. If it's in moderation, it should affect your hormones. But if you are using a lot of it, it could be altering your estrogen and prolactin levels.

Also, some guys are just pear-shaped.

I’ve never felt feminized by my weight gain, I’m happy for those who gain weight and it affirming their identity but it’s just not something I personally have encountered.

Fat encourages the production of estrogen in everybody, male and female. That is why fat girls generally hit puberty earlier than thin ones.

How could a moderately elevated prolactin level affect a man if he has good testosterone levels and otherwise normal blood tests (and normal libido)?

Depends. I'd see a doctor if you are concerned.

The higher your body fat percentage is, the higher the probability of your testosterone levels dropping and turning into estrogen. Like ole boy said, that’s why chubby girls will develop parts quicker than skinny girls during puberty. Also that why you’ll notice that fat men who live sedentary lifestyles tend to have more passive personalities. Also you’ll noticed a lot of feminine gay guys tend to be on the thicker side or straight up fat.

Who are these men you've met?

Estrogen doesn't make you a passive person. Spend any time in nerd spaces. Those are some of the most aggressive men sometimes - especially the fat ones.

Also, there are plenty of feminine gay men who are twinks. Bears and cubs are usually pretty masculine.

Meanwhile, I have run into scores of muscular, high-testosterone men who are total pushovers. Yeah, testosterone can make people aggressive, but it's more about mentality and worldview.

1. I literally said SEDENTARY and I said TEND. I never said that’s absolutely the case cause nothing is in absolutes. Possibility and probability are not the same thing, I’m speaking in probability. There wouldn’t be Testosterone Replacement Therapy Clinics if what I said didn’t have validity to it. And I wouldn’t be a certified personal trainer if I didn’t know about testosterone levels and their correlation(not to be confused with causation) to body composition.

Do you know how many times other male feedee and gainers have posted about this very experience on this website? It’s not a coincidence.

2. And no….no I’ve never spend any time in nerd spaces. It doesn’t say anywhere on the website that I’m a gamer or anime head, right? Also, being an incel and being aggressive ain’t the same thing. I would know, I’m a martial artist that bodybuilds and there’s NO bigger space for nerds than the martial arts community. Especially Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. And martial artists HATE bodybuilders because we’re pretty much the adult version of jocks.

3. You: Estrogen doesn't make you a passive person.

Also you: Yeah, testosterone can make people aggressive

Thank you for agreeing with me by contradicting yourself smh.

Hormone Therapy exists for people with imbalances and steroid abusers. It’s not because estrogen exists in a male body, human beings all produce the same hormones it’s just at different levels between men and women, and at different ages.

I don’t know where trans stuff comes in but it’s a different procees from what I’ve gathered.

Fat people unless they are plagued with a hormone imbalance which is common do not have different levels than their fit peers. Blood work would prove this easily.

I am telling you that your generalizations do not make any sense. People act like testosterone is some kind of aggression juice, but it's really not. It's only if you have high testosterone.

And I did not contradict myself because I specified that it is specifically high testosterone. Fun fact: high estrogen levels make you aggressive, too. It's less about the hormone so much as it is the hormone imbalance.

And I said nothing about incels. I said nerds. Not the same thing. There are plenty of incels that aren't nerds and vice versa. The nerds I'm talking about do not necessarily have issues with women. Many of them are married with children.

If you talk to any nerd about something they know a lot about and you are wrong/ they don't agree with you, you will see that aggression come out. You might not see it in your martial art spaces, but bring up what they are passionate about out of the dojo. You will see the difference.

And I would know because I'm a nerdy martial artist.

And what is this weird beef with bodybuilders? I know a lot of bodybuilders, martial artists, and bodybuilders who are martial artists. Hell, my mom used to be a bodybuilder and then switched to MMA. Maybe the people you knew never grew out of that high school mentality, but the ones I've seen tend to have a lot of respect for each other.

My brother in Christ, Google is free. Take the 5 minutes to do your research before making shit up because it feels right.