So- Is It Time Up For The Gents?!

Kintarō Hattori

While in work today I casually heard something on the radio about female sperm. Apparantly scientists are working on some sort of female sperm that will allow the ladies to conceive without the assistance of men. I think the report (I was in a store at the time and it was hard to hear what was being said but...) mentioned that it was somehow connected to bone marrow.

Anywho, regardless of the fact that I may have some of the points above incorrect, the simple truth is that they are working on a way for women to conceive without the need for a man to be involved.
Is this the end for us poor men? Do you remember growing up and watching the movies where men had been removed from society as there was simply no use for us?

What do you folks reckon of this news?

biko

Why do women need men?
Cause vibrators can't do the dishes...

OT Female sperm, seems unlikely

nesf

Meh tbh, such a non-issue for the vast majority of the population really. It's only going to be important for hardline Christians/Muslims/whatever and lesbian couples wishing to conceive.

Tak3n

women cant resist my peepee so im not worried.

Celticfire

There will always be jam jars to open .....

What about getting stuff out of high cupboards?

AdMMM

Ethics will never allow it to happen! EVER!

gyppo

eo980 wrote:

While in work today I casually heard something on the radio about female sperm. Apparantly scientists are working on some sort of female sperm that will allow the ladies to conceive without the assistance of men. I think the report (I was in a store at the time and it was hard to hear what was being said but...) mentioned that it was somehow connected to bone marrow.

Anywho, regardless of the fact that I may have some of the points above incorrect, the simple truth is that they are working on a way for women to conceive without the need for a man to be involved.
Is this the end for us poor men? Do you remember growing up and watching the movies where men had been removed from society as there was simply no use for us?

What do you folks reckon of this news?

You sure it was'nt a repeat of something on April 1st??

zuutroy

gyppo wrote:

You sure it was'nt a repeat of something on April 1st??

My thoughts exactly

thos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6547675.stm

Dun laoire

Once i get my ride on Thursdays and Sundays i couldnt give a rats arse who supplies the sperm.


NOW THATS A MANS ANSWER!!

Chakar

Apparently the benefits will be to help infertile men reproduce. Or so they say.

Giblet

Would getting themselves pregnant produce a clone or a incest bred freak?

Just like the siamese twins "if one has sex was the other raped?" problem, these are the essential questions!

WindSock

But who will explain movies to me and tell me constantly that my parking is crap?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

|.Murderer.| wrote:

Ethics will never allow it to happen! EVER!

Yea, genetically that would be even worse than any form of incest, be it with parent/sister/cousin.

Giblet

Well, If its her X with another girls X chromo, I doubt there would be any problems. I'd be more worried about her using the turkey baster on herself.

Uhm.. but where's the fun?

Creamy Goodness

they'd have to scissor like mrs.garrison, one with turkey baster inserted and the clench

Mossy Monk

Cremo wrote:

they'd have to scissor like mrs.garrison

Those scenes disturbed me.

Dun laoire

Dun laoire wrote:

Once i get my ride on Thursdays and Sundays i couldnt give a rats arse who supplies the sperm.


NOW THATS A MANS ANSWER!!

Thursdays and Sundays
Hahahaha
Scheduled sex


Yeah couldn't see the religious types going for it
blah
blah
a baby should be born to two people who are married and in love etc
such ****

coolsmileygirl

coolsmileygirl wrote:

Thursdays and Sundays
Hahahaha
Scheduled sex


Yeah couldn't see the religious types going for it
blah
blah
a baby should be born to two people who are married and in love etc
such ****

It is better than no sex..

true
it just reminds me of when i lived at home and whenever one of us had a free house was the only time sex was in a bed and not a quickie somewhere

a mate of mine is seeing her fella nearly 4 years and his parents go out on saturday night every week so saturday is still her sex night i laugh everytime she mentions it

DublinWriter

Celticfire wrote:

There will always be jam jars to open .....

...and wasps to kill.

brianthebard

Who funds these things?? Who goes into biology or whatever thinking they will make the world better by creating female sperm? Gawd, the more I hear of scientific developments these days the more I just want to regress into religion. At least that way some things are sacred!

Squall

Did anyone else flinch at the picture in that BBC article..... number 3 in the series at the end



A syringe..... into my what? :O

connundrum

I'm 20% worried about this new development. I would be interested to see what the kid actually looks like.

I can imagine the conversation -

Classmate: Did your mommy and daddy tell you about how you were born? My mommy said a stork delivered me!
Kid: eh, erm...

JC 2K3

Meh, if they can do this I can't see it being long before they can grow babies outside the womb. Something which I would fully support. No more abortion debates, men and women more equal than ever etc.

Or even simply male pregnancy via a uterus transplant and hormone therapy.

I love all this "playing God" stuff, really intriguing.

InFront

|.Murderer.| wrote:

Ethics will never allow it to happen! EVER!

And probably more significantly, I seriously doubt biology will either.

AngryBadger

In al fairness if we were even remotely close to being able to produce sperm from bone marrow WE'D ALL HAVE SUPERPOWERS!!!!

..I'd be colossus...

seamus

Ask any woman on the street - "Would you be happy if there was no need for men any more?". The vast majority will say no. Women love their poontang just as much as we men do. Not to mention companionship and all that stuff.

It will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years before good old fashioned romping is replaced as the primary means of reproduction.