The Independent concludes (not too independently) that men are the weaker sex. Pollution has been identified as the cause. Article author’s gender is still unknown.
It’s official: Men really are the weaker sex
The male gender is in danger, with incalculable consequences for both humans and wildlife, startling scientific research from around the world reveals.
Backed by some of the world’s leading scientists, who say that it “waves a red flag” for humanity and shows that evolution itself is being disrupted, the report comes out at a particularly sensitive time for ministers. On Wednesday, Britain will lead opposition to proposed new European controls on pesticides, many of which have been found to have “gender-bending” effects.
It also follows hard on the heels of new American research which shows that baby boys born to women exposed to widespread chemicals in pregnancy are born with smaller penises and feminised genitals.
“This research shows that the basic male tool kit is under threat,” says Gwynne Lyons, a former government adviser on the health effects of chemicals, who wrote the report.
At the other end of the world, hermaphrodite polar bears – with penises and vaginas – have been discovered and gender-benders have been found to reduce sperm counts and penis lengths in those that remained male. Many of the small, endangered populations of Florida panthers have been found to have abnormal sperm.
Professor Lou Gillette of Florida University, one of the most respected academics in the field, warned that the report waved “a large red flag” at humanity. He said: “If we are seeing problems in wildlife, we can be concerned that something similar is happening to a proportion of human males”
Communities heavily polluted with gender-benders in Canada, Russia and Italy have given birth to twice as many girls than boys, which may offer a clue to the reason for a mysterious shift in sex ratios worldwide. Normally 106 boys are born for every 100 girls, but the ratio is slipping. It is calculated that 250,000 babies who would have been boys have been born as girls instead in the US and Japan alone.
…Britain has long sought to water down EU attempts to control gender-bender chemicals and has been leading opposition to a new regulation that would ban pesticides shown to have endocrine-disrupting effects. Almost all the other European countries back it, but ministers – backed by their counterparts from Ireland and Romania – are intent on continuing their resistance at a crucial meeting on Wednesday. They say the regulation would cause a collapse of agriculture in the UK… (Source: The Independent)
I’m been hearing that developed countries typically has lesser men than women. I guess this explains.
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Tags: agriculture, animals, chemical, environment, polar bear, pollution, science, sex, uk, university
Well good. Maybe if there were fewer males there will be fewer wars and general crime and we would all live happier.
But seriously, this is the reason for female infanticide. The truth is female embryos and babies are stronger than males from birth. Females have the edge which is why women going through infertility treatments tend to produce more girls. The males are weaker embryos. Also, men go to wars and die off in high numbers and they don’t live as long. So on a subconcsious, or sometimes conscious level, men are threatned by the notion of the possibility of females far outnumbering males and eventually dominating them. So historically they find ways to “eliminate” females.
The bottom line is we shouldn’t be too concerned about it. It isn’t as if they world is going to be harmed by having fewer of the ‘weaker sex’….males around.
by Cindy (Jun 1, 2009 at 4 AM)