Mark Simpson Takes On Steroids
“Metrosexual” daddy Mark Simpson may not be the most muscular man around, but he’s got some strong words on rampant steroid use:
According to a series of recent reports, steroids, or ‘juice’ or ‘gear’ to the initiated, once an exotic drug of cheating athletes and freaky bodybuilders have entered the mainstream and have become just another lifestyle product for young men (some boys as young as 12 are reportedly taking the drug).
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In other words, young men are taking steroids the way that many gay party boys have taken them for years: to look good on the beach or dance floor or webcam. ‘Muscle Marys’ (as they’re called by envious, less-muscular gays), are apparently no longer a strictly gay phenomenon. Muscle Marys are where masculinity is at, Mary.
We sure hope this trend fades like Hypercolors, because we all know what steroids do to penises. One word: shrinkage.
shrinkage? of the testes, yes. the meat stays the same (or gets bigger) in my experience of perscribed steroids. don’t know about the black market ‘roids, though.
there’s got to be a better way to educate about the dangers of steroid use without always running to the “small dick” scare. unless there’s some documented measurement study out there I don’t know about.
I was surprised that this article had no mention of steroid use as a treatment for wasting from HIV medications. The sight of super-buff gym bods on some poz guys has surely had an impact on general steroid use in the gay community.
Is it a brain fart of mine, or did Mr. Simpson once write about doing steroids himself some time ago?