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Steroids and Sexuality

HSC 425i

12/5/2006

In today’s media driven culture there seems to be a high value placed on a person’s physical appearance. Stereotypes and assumptions are made about those who are in great physical shape, as they are of those who are considered to be overweight or out-of-shape. With constant media bombardment of being physically beautiful, many Americans have resulted to attaining the ideal physique by unnatural means such as cosmetic surgery, weight loss drugs, and the recent surge in the popularity of anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are defined as male sex hormones, or androgens, that promote muscle growth produced synthetically in a laboratory. (Wikipedia 2006) They have been becoming increasingly popular with athletes and non-athletes alike to achieve physical goals otherwise unattainable.

For the focus of this research it is important to understand the impact that steroids have had on men from a sexual perspective. Apparently......

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