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Men face extinction, says BMJ report ( This has to be good news for Hillary )
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Posted on 11/02/2001 2:53:54 PM PST by KQQL

Men face extinction, says BMJ report

Men may be in danger of extinction because of sperm banks, fertility treatment and human cloning.

A report in the British Medical Journal claims attitudes to the role of men in society may also hasten their demise.

Professor Seigfried Meryn says men already have higher rates for all major causes of death, shorter life expectancy and women can now do their jobs just as well.

Professor Meryn, who will speak at the First World Congress on Men's Health, says: "There is a sustained increase in psychological disorders in men, including alcohol and substance abuse, mid-life crisis, depression and domestic violence, while men's increasing aggression also remains an unsolved health and societal problem.

"Over 30 wars and conflicts rage around the world are, mostly created, maintained and aggravated by men."

Professor Meryn says there is speculation about the continued existence of the gender. He says: "With the advent of sperm banks, in-vitro fertilisation, sex sorting techniques, human cloning and same-sex marriages, it is reasonable to wonder about the future role of men in society."

The professor believes the launch of initiatives such as the International Society for Men's Health, the European Men's Health Forum and Men's World Day, tomorrow, will help the problem.

Dr Ian Banks, president of the European Men's Health Forum, said men worry about their health but feel unable to talk about it until it is often too late, reports the Daily Mail. They can find attending a general practice surgery difficult and they often find it "male unfriendly".


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1 posted on 11/02/2001 2:53:54 PM PST by KQQL
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To: KQQL
Then who would protect women from the dykes?
2 posted on 11/02/2001 3:01:17 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: KQQL
Men have become nearly extent for some time. they are goofs who fertilize demanding brats, but as far as being anything respectable, most of them aren't.
3 posted on 11/02/2001 3:09:43 PM PST by RLK
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To: KQQL
They've been saying this since the feminist movement took root. I ain't ever gonna happen. Just another pipe dream on the part of those who hate the natural order of the Creator. Women and children are always going to be at risk in the world, and they will always need male protectors.
4 posted on 11/02/2001 3:11:12 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Born to Conserve
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5 posted on 11/02/2001 3:12:30 PM PST by KQQL
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To: KQQL
He says: "With the advent of sperm banks, in-vitro fertilisation, sex sorting techniques, human cloning and same-sex marriages, it is reasonable to wonder about the future role of men in society."

Sperm banks and IVF still require input from men, and cloning is still a long way from being a reliable form of reproduction. But on the issue of men hastening their own demise, it's hard to disagree with this article.

6 posted on 11/02/2001 3:13:26 PM PST by Balto_Boy
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To: RLK
I am woman, watch me drool, I end up looking like a fool.
7 posted on 11/02/2001 3:15:27 PM PST by Lurking2Long
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To: Lurking2Long
I am woman hear me roar,
I'd be most unhappy without a man walking through my door!

Presumably some of the births due to AI would be boys.
In fact, MOST sex selection today overwhelmingly prefers males!
8 posted on 11/02/2001 3:22:23 PM PST by hypatia
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To: KQQL
Been hearing these predictions for ages. I remember, twenty years ago, reading a book called "The Coming Matriarchy." The two (female) authors posited that women would take over all male authority by the turn of the century because women work better with others.

Maybe they meant the turn of the NEXT century?

Btw, love that name: Doc Siegfried.

9 posted on 11/02/2001 3:24:04 PM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: Born to Conserve
Then who would protect women from the dykes?

The whole plan is, everybody would be a dyke!!!

10 posted on 11/02/2001 3:24:32 PM PST by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: hypatia
How quickly they forget that, without men, they would not be where they are, and would not have the promise of the future they so foolishly seek!
12 posted on 11/02/2001 3:25:28 PM PST by Lurking2Long
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I am woman, watch me drool, I end up looking like a fool.

Let me see if I have this right. Man-hating women are tring to build a maleless society, men help them by donating the necessary sperm and developing the technology that may soon make that sperm unecessary, and it's the woman who looks the fool? If so, then what do men look like for contributing to their own demise?

13 posted on 11/02/2001 3:25:46 PM PST by Balto_Boy
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To: equus
I think they should devote themselves to more useful pursuits like knitting skyscraper "cozies" (to keep the building warm, doncha know?!)
15 posted on 11/02/2001 3:27:02 PM PST by Lurking2Long
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To: beecharmer
British Medical Journal.
16 posted on 11/02/2001 3:27:25 PM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: Balto_Boy
I assume you have a mirror in your abode...?
17 posted on 11/02/2001 3:28:18 PM PST by Lurking2Long
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To: KQQL
No way. As someone (a woman) said on a previous thread, most women will always prefer to get their sperm the old fashioned way :)
18 posted on 11/02/2001 3:29:37 PM PST by Jefferson Adams
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To: Jefferson Adams
"Point" well taken (pun intended)!
19 posted on 11/02/2001 3:30:58 PM PST by Lurking2Long
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To: KQQL
Professor Seigfried Meryn says men already have higher rates for all major causes of death, shorter life expectancy and women can now do their jobs just as well.

Hmmmm, if men have higher rates of death for all major causes, that must mean that women are now becoming immortal. Hadn't heard that one before.

Life expectancy varies across cultures. In some places, men outlive women. In some places, men outnumber women. This fellow is looking at his own dysfunctional society and extrapolating in a most un-scientific fashion.

As for women doing men's jobs better than men, well, I will agree that a woman could probably do Doctor Siegfried's job better.

20 posted on 11/02/2001 3:35:51 PM PST by KellyAdmirer
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