Nearly 40% Of French Men Wish They Could Be Pregnant, Poll Says

AP via www.wtvo9.com ^ | June 13, 2005

[quantim]

NEW YORK -- Forget sympathy pains -- nearly 40 percent of French men said they want to go through the real thing.

According to a poll published in the current issue of Children's Magazine, 38 percent of the 500 French fathers questioned said they wish they could be pregnant and go through labor instead of their wives.

And the poll finds many women would be OK with that. An even greater percentage of them said they would be up for the switch.

The same survey said 71 percent of the French men surveyed said they're prepared to take a year-long sabbatical or put in a request to work part-time to be more of a hands-on dad.

The poll was conducted by the marketing company Ipsos.

[LouD]

40% of French men wish they could be pregnant.

The other 60% wish they could actually be men.

[cvq3842]

A picture's worth a thousand words . . .

[shekkian]

That may explain why they keep losing one war after another.

[SmithL]

Sympathy Stupidity at work.

[garyhope]

I wish I could impregnate 40% of all French women.

Heck, at my age and "ability" I'd settle for a lot less.

Well OK, I'll start with just one. One at a time that is.

Pray for me. Admire my courage. Thank me for my altruistic motive in improving international "relations".

I'm just doing it for "the children".

In case of my death, please notify my attorney and relatives.

[longtermmemmory]

LOL as usual the French keep doing what does not work hopping for a different result.

[Conservatrix]

One of my favorites scenes from Life of Brian...

[threeleftsmakearight]

I'd be careful about making fun of French men, something tells me that if asked here in the good ole USA, the number might be higher.

[rockthecasbah]

"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
--- P.J O'Rourke (1989)

[garyhope]

"What kind of wine do these French men drink?"

Pouilly Fuisse? Other wise known as Fussy P*ssy among some wags.

[PigRigger]

Explains a lot......

[Conservatrix]

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[GreenOgre]

In all fairness, maybe they are just sick and tired of the whining.

[april15Bendovr]

I thought this scene would fit rather well with the subject.

I have the whole collection of Monty Python movies.

Now I just need to work on the TV series

[TheOtherOne]

And the poll finds many women would be OK with that. An even greater percentage of them said they would be up for the switch.

Wow, "MANY", and "GREATER PERCENTAGE". These are very valuable stats.

[fso301]

Nearly 40% Of French Men Wish They Could Be Pregnant, Poll Says

The other 60% wish they could get a man pregnant.

[TheOtherOne]

THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.

Some things about living still weren’t quite right, though. April, for instance, still drove people crazy by not being springtime. And it was in that clammy month that the H-G men took George and Hazel Bergeron’s fourteen-year-old son, Harrison, away.

From: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut (1961)


http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

[Polyxene]

"...nearly 40 percent of French men said they want to go through the real thing."

UNTIL.....

Morning sickness starts and the barfing begins
Non-stop indigestion
Continuous urges to urinate
Hemorrhoids
Sore breasts
Episiotomy

Have at it, froggies!

[longtermmemmory]

If men could reaaaaly get pregnant it would become a macho contest as to who could pop out the maximum number of babies with the least amount of complaints.

"Pain HAH! I produced dodecadouplettes and did not take any drugs!"

"HAH! I induced labor early so I could get pregnat again and produce two sets of Octuplets withing 16 months!"

this a stupid story about the stupid french and how stupid is as stupid does.

[chilepepper]

only in the blue states...