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Men with smaller testicles make better dads
New Scientist ^ | 09 September 2013 | Victoria Druce

Posted on 09/09/2013 4:12:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Men with smaller testicles tend to be more involved as fathers, a new study suggests.

James Rilling and his colleagues at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, used MRI scans to measure the volume of the testicles of 55 fathers. The team asked these men – and the mothers of their children – a series of questions to determine how involved they are as fathers. The team also used fMRI brain scanners to look at the brain activity of the men as they viewed photos of their kids.

Men with smaller testicles got the best parenting scores in the questionnaires. When looking at pictures of their children, these men also showed more activity in regions of the brain associated with empathy and motivation to care for offspring than men with bigger testes, which suggests they are more nurturing fathers.

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To: Slings and Arrows

1) how much tax money was used for this

2) what are the objective standards for “good dad”


61 posted on 09/09/2013 4:57:01 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Haha, that’s funny. Proportional to their body size, gorillas have small testicles. Chimpanzees have large ones.


62 posted on 09/09/2013 4:57:35 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: gaijin

I bet he would be a FABULOUS daddykins


63 posted on 09/09/2013 4:58:41 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: DManA
People with no testicles make good moms politicians.
64 posted on 09/09/2013 4:58:41 PM PDT by QT3.14 (USA born 7.4.1776 fathered by geniuses - died 11.4.2008 (Suicide) by idiots and traitors)
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To: DManA

lol


65 posted on 09/09/2013 5:05:08 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: BenLurkin

He gets cranky every 28 days.


66 posted on 09/09/2013 5:05:51 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: MestaMachine

Who defines better? The study is a sack of crap.


67 posted on 09/09/2013 5:08:46 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

This reminds me of a tv show I saw a few weeks ago. A man had his 132 lb scrotum removed. Never heard anything like that before. He was a different person afterwards.


68 posted on 09/09/2013 5:11:33 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: Conspiracy Guy

No. It’s a sac of crap. Technically speaking.


69 posted on 09/09/2013 5:18:45 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work, You gotta earn them.)
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To: DManA

Lol


70 posted on 09/09/2013 5:30:36 PM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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To: Slings and Arrows

This flies in the face of a study of which I was a part 35 years ago. Bulls with bigger testicles were better sires, they had better settle rates and their sperm was more active and had fewer defects than those with smaller testicles. I guess our study was defective and not gay enough.


71 posted on 09/09/2013 5:31:22 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Slings and Arrows

How small? Zer0?


72 posted on 09/09/2013 5:32:58 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Slings and Arrows

At the present time my eldest son would say I’m a lousy father.


73 posted on 09/09/2013 5:35:49 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: vetvetdoug
Wondered what YOUR part was in that study

then saw your screen name. :)

74 posted on 09/09/2013 5:39:48 PM PDT by ZinGirl (kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
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To: MestaMachine

I’m not talking testicles. I’m talking the results of the study. Sack of crap, bag of poop, whatever.


75 posted on 09/09/2013 5:40:53 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yeah, and such a huge sample size, i.e., 55.


76 posted on 09/09/2013 5:41:54 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: BenLurkin

Misplaced his prayer rug?


77 posted on 09/09/2013 5:41:58 PM PDT by mcshot (The takers exceed the makers and we're going down.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Thank you for reminding me of my elementary school days bus ride.


78 posted on 09/09/2013 5:45:14 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Lazamataz

Ha!

The other day, my best friend and I went out to eat at a restaurant on the water and we both wanted to watch the boats. I asked her if it would be too gay if I sat beside her and we both cracked up. The waitress even laughed about it. I totally forgot about being PC and offending some poor gay person when I said it.

But, fondu?


79 posted on 09/09/2013 5:46:08 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Slings and Arrows

But... how do they get to BE dads?


80 posted on 09/09/2013 5:58:50 PM PDT by browniexyz
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