Male cops have changed from being thin and fit men (or average man) in the 1960's to large men with muscles, and sometimes roid rage.
People earn good money playing video games now (that wasn't the case in the 1980's) or streaming video games.
The sports heros children had while growing up used performance enhancing drugs in the 1990's.
> Not to mention testosterone levels dropping, schools being geared towards women, always co-ed spaces ...
If your childhood heros take the lazy way to success, why do we need to blame it on the other things? Using your brain is hard, as it turns out.
I've always detested parents who saw sports as the only path of success for their children. So often they were disappointed. If the parents spent time and sucked up and learned the math/science/etc their kids were learning, it may have been a better outcome for all involved.
Is your comment just in response to the falling testosterone levels point? Because that’s been an ongoing trend since I believe the 80s and has absolutely nothing to do with performance enhancing drugs. Testosterone levels being in healthy range is absolutely critical for men’s health for psychological as well as physical reasons and being in said healthy range is unrelated with sports culture. Whether meathead or whiz kid, physical activity, healthy food, good sleep, limited drugs & alcohol, and minimal or no pornography are all essential parts of reaching one’s peak.
Maybe I’m totally misinterpreting your comment but it kinda just seems like a diatribe unrelated to the comment you’re responding to.