New Study Warns Declining Sperm Counts 'Could Threaten Mankind's Survival'

A future of no more children. Future generations will thank us.

originally posted by: Butterfinger
a reply to: Annee

Back before the internet had fact checkers and misinformation boards?

I started with ICQ

a reply to: Annee

LOL that is almost BBS/Prodigy stuff there Next thing you know we will start talking old school BBS games. I still remember the uh-oh sound I used to get on ICQ.

originally posted by: mzinga
a reply to: Annee

LOL that is almost BBS/Prodigy stuff there

Next thing you know we will start talking old school BBS games. I still remember the uh-oh sound I used to get on ICQ.

I wasn't on it very long. MSN Communities started in 1995 -- then evolved until they shut it down in 2009.

I discovered ATS and joined in 2007.

I've been doing this discussion stuff for a long time.

originally posted by: DBCowboy
I blame skinny jeans.
-Boomer

I'm not so sure tight pants will ever beat sagging pants fashion.

originally posted by: Annee
Maybe it's just evolution changes in the human body needs.

Men and women are becoming more androgynist.

Overweight'ness' causes lower sperm counts. Diabetes causes lower sperm volume. Both are increasing hugely in Western cultures. Many medications lower sperm counts. Wearing briefs vs boxers lowers sperm counts.

There are many reasons for lower sperm counts in some societies. The data for the study is from 2017. But the study is being criticized. Below is one site's comment on that note.

The use of two categories labeled “Western” and “Other” in analyzing sperm counts, as seen in the major 2017 meta-analysis of sperm decline studies, is scientifically unsound and embeds unethical racist and colonial assumptions in the study design. These statistical aggregations obscure the diversity across rural and urban locations within nations, and disguise the fact that there is very limited data on individuals’ sperm counts in countries Levine et al. categorized as “Other.”

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