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| 2006-11-03 |
| Btw, the number of spermatozoids in westerners' sperm has dropped by 50% over the last 50years (from an average of 116 millions in 1940 to 66 millions in 1990, as per the danish researcher Niels Shakkebaek; also, according to the WHO, average numbers of spermatozoids per mililiters has dropped from 40 to 20 millions). I was stocking up on groceries at Fred Meyer when I heard this fretful falsetto. "Honey, look at these ingredients. Oh my God. Check the percentage of trans fats. It's outrageous!" The fussing, believe it or not, was coming from a man. He was hopping up and down on spindly legs, beckoning his wife excitedly. I quickly moved on, thanking my lucky stars that the spouse had gravitated automatically to the hardware section of the store and was itching to move on to Home Depot. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #12 Thank God I'm not around enough "regular" civilian populations to be sickened by what this lady is reporting. BTW - we in the mil seem to have no problem w/our combat swimmers. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-11-03 21:30 |
| #11 SU got it. Inadequate protein in the diet. The bacon and eggs for breakfast crowd doesn't have any problems with testosterone production. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2006-11-03 20:25 |
| #10 I suspect biologically active contaminants in the food supply contribute to this as well as to insulin-resistance / Type II diabetes. Or maybe those researchers are just testing too often... |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-03 18:09 |
| #9 re. moose5089 comment on sperm numbers - one possible explanation for the reduction in concentration might be that the boys are getting laid a lot more often since 1940, and the sperm factories just can't keep up with the inventory shipping rate. Not saying it's the whole story, but I am darned sure my father's generation got a lot less sex and a lot later in life than mine or my kids'. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-11-03 18:04 |
| #8 the hard disciplines that dominated real colleges and university programs fifty years ago, IÂ’d suspect the male population is seriously represented. Yes. Whatsisname who used to be president of Harvard was drummed out for addressing just that isssue. Back in the day, I was advised that if I really wanted to apply my interest in maths to engineering, Chem E. was the most female friendly. I wasn't interested enough to learn the chemistry. Nowadays there are lots of very able women engineers, but that doesn't change the fact that the hard sciences are still tilted away from the distaff side. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-03 17:08 |
| #7 newest word as coined by the Seattle elite: Metronatural; supposed to be a play on Mertosexual (another gag me with a spoon kind of word)and some sort of Paul Bunyan as interpreted by REI. All you sensitive, back shavers; come out and say it: I'm Pussywhipped |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-11-03 16:44 |
| #6 Diet-related. Less red meat in the diet, less testosterone produced. |
| Posted by: Snolet Ulinesh2365 2006-11-03 16:24 |
| #5 Women say they look for partners who are "sweet and sensitive." My wife says: "If I wanted sweet and sensitive, I'd become a lesbian. Come over here and put the wood to me!" Maybe woman that like effette men are really looking for lesbian with a functioning penis. Reminds me of a joke: Little Girl: "Mommy, what's a penis?" Mommy: "Well honey, it's like a cock, only smaller!" Try the veal, I'm here all week! |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-03 15:55 |
| #4 I'm with you, eLarson. Spot-on. /Gen Ripper |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-03 15:45 |
| #3 There's a ton of, er, fellows like the one described all over Montgomery County, MD. Weird. (Estrogen in the water: HRT byproduct or monstrous plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids? You decide.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-11-03 15:41 |
| #2 A fashion statement isnÂ’t going to get your buns out of the fire. The Manolo would disagree with this statement. |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-11-03 15:08 |
| #1 The last material I read on the subject indicated the Redlands were out producing the Bluelands by a respectable level. When boys leave secondary school, they discover that society privileges girls in tertiary schools and in the workplace. If you’re talking soft ‘humanities’ degree programs and their allied employment, like jobs not defined in dance, art, [insert minority title] studies, probably. However, if you’re talking engineering, architecture, chemistry, physics, etc, you know the hard disciplines that dominated real colleges and university programs fifty years ago, I’d suspect the male population is seriously represented. Universities may want balance, but they want to keep their programs alive too. If the interest isn’t there neither will be the tuition and fee paying students. Women say they look for partners who are "sweet and sensitive." I understand firemen made a great comeback in popularity after 9/11. Sean Penn didn’t look that heroic down there in New Orleans girls. When the chips are down, it quickly becomes a matter of natural selection. Four thousand years of human history can’t be all wrong. A fashion statement isn’t going to get your buns out of the fire. |
| Posted by: Procopius2K 2006-11-03 14:50 |