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".
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.
Maybe they meant the turn of the NEXT century?
Btw, love that name: Doc Siegfried.
The whole plan is, everybody would be a dyke!!!
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?
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.
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