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The government of Denmark has released a 326-page report affirming that endocrine disrupting chemicals are probably continuing to the birth of fewer males and the "feminization" of existing ones.
The report centers on chemicals like PVC, flame retardants, phthalates, dioxins, PCBs and bisphenol-A, all of which mimic the action of estrogen in the body. The researchers concluded that due to the prevalence of these chemicals, children could easily be exposed to high enough levels to place them at "critical risk" of harm.
The chemicals have been blamed for falling sperm counts among men worldwide, and their full effects remain unknown. A study by researchers at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands, found that male children who had been exposed to PCBs and dioxins while in the womb were more likely to dress up in female clothes and play with dolls than boys who had not been. Other research has documented a connection between prenatal phthalate exposure and "feminization" of male genitals, including smaller penises.
Evidence is increasingly emerging that estrogen mimics might also be responsible for a puzzling phenomenon: fewer boys are being born than ever before. Typically, 106 male children are born for every 100 females in most populations. In recent years, however, this distribution has been shifting in favor of females, with endocrine disruptors a likely culprit.
- www.chemsec.org...
A scientific review highlights the dangers of exposing pregnant women to hormone disrupting chemicals in consumer products, and focuses on the risks these pose to baby boys and the reproductive health of men. The conclusion of this analysis is that exposure to the cocktail of chemicals in our environment is likely to account for a proportion of the birth defects of the genitalia in baby boys, which are linked to under-masculinisation.
Other research has documented a connection between prenatal phthalate exposure and "feminization" of male genitals, including smaller penises.
Evidence is increasingly emerging that estrogen mimics might also be responsible for a puzzling phenomenon: fewer boys are being born than ever before. Typically, 106 male children are born for every 100 females in most populations. In recent years, however, this distribution has been shifting in favor of females, with endocrine disruptors a likely culprit.
Originally posted by dzonatas
What happen to random natural selection and somehow that being able to keep the ratio of male to female equal. Someone has there hand in the pick
[edit on 16-3-2010 by dzonatas]
I don't see a problem here. Men make up the vast majority of violent crimes and acts in this world.
In prrcvious studies [Aggrtssirc Behavior 142403414, l9t8; Aggressive Behavior lE: I 17-127, 1992] it was found that adolescent girls used indirect means of aggression more than adolescent boys, whereas physical aggression was used more by boys, and direct verbal aggression was used equally by both sexes. The present study investigated whether
males, as adults, start to employ indirect aggression to the same extent as females. Three hundred thirty-three university employees (162 males, 176 females) filled in the Work Harassment Scale by Bj0rkqvist et al. [994]. Specid attention nas drawn to two sub scales: rational-appearing aggrmsion and social manipulatlon. lt was found that males used the former type of aggression significantly more often than females, while females used
the latter more than males. Both are variants of covert aggression, in which the perpetrator tries to disguise his/her aggressive intentions, in order to avoid retaliation and/or social condemnation
Men always think with their penises first and their minds last
...unless they have somehow untied their emotions from their bodies.
Men are the reason for all the world's man-made (no pun intended) destruction thus far.
Men are more prone to corruption and far more likely to walk out on their committments.
*90% of Non-Custodial fathers Pay Child Support.
(Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
* 90% of Fathers With Joint Custody Pay Child Support.
(Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
* Fathers With Visitation Rights Pay 79.1%
(Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
* 44.5% of Non-Custodial Fathers Still Financially Support Their Children.
(Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
* 66% of Fathers Not Paying Child Support Are Unable Due To Lack of Financial Resources. (Source: GAO report: GAO/HRD-92-39 FS)
* 52% of Fathers Who Owe Child Support Earn Less Than $6,155 Per Year According To The Poverty Studies Institute.
* 47% of Non-Custodial Mothers Default on Child Support.
(Source: Garansky and Meyer, DHHS Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, 1991)
* 27% of Non-Custodial Fathers Default Child Support.
(Source: Garansky and Meyer, DHHS Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, 1991)
* Total Custodial Mothers: 11,268,000.
(Source: Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991)
* Total Custodial Fathers: 2,907,000.
(Source: Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991)
* 66% of Non-Custodial Fathers Do Not Pay Child Support Due To An Inability To Pay. (Source: U.S. General Accounting Office Report, GAO/HRD-92-39FS January 1992)
* Custodial Mothers Who Receive a Support Award: 79.6%
(Source: Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Income Security Policy, Oct. 1991, Authors: Meyer and Garansky)
To expect that women’s gender alone can act as a magic bullet to resolve a corruption problem that is much bigger than they are, that is systemic, is unrealistic to say the least. It reflects not just wishful but almost desperate thinking. If women do exhibit preferences for less corrupt behavior, that may simply be because they have been excluded from
opportunities for such behavior, and that effect is bound to change over time as greater numbers of women enter public office.
This world would be far safer, more empathetic and more technologically advancedwith sayl 10% men and 90% women, though I can't say what a world of 90% women would do for entertainment. Women are creative, though. They would adapt.