The article is based on some new technique by which stem cells taken from men's bone marrow can be modified into an immature sperm cell, which would help scientists come up with better fertility treatments for men and women. Now leave the science part aside, that’s for the biologists. Here’s the part on what author thinks would happen to a world without men-
While the research will be fine-tuned over the years, it's already got people wondering. Is it possible that someday we might just have a world empty of the male species? For, once the technique of producing sperm from bone marrow is mastered, it is possible that female bone marrow will be used for the process.
Should that be the case, it's obvious all the babies will be girls because females cannot produce Y-chromosome sperm. Science apart, the idea seems very appealing, if not ideal. For one, there will be no violence. Bomb Iraq? And forego all those exquisite carpets and exotic spices? Forget it, darling!
In a world without men, sports will not mean raging hormones (Whoever heard of a woman biting off another's ear? Or butting her in the chest?).
Subtract men from this planet and ‘serial killer' will just mean the person who fired the gun in the nail-biting final episode of your favourite soap, not a psychopath with a personality disorder. Without men, global decisions will be taken with a warm heart and world summits sealed with perfectly manicured handshakes.
It's no secret that men are basically genetically modified women the female being the fall-back developmental pathway for any fetus. Bryan Sykes or Dr DNA as he is popularly known is a professor of Human Genetics at Oxford University. Sykes believes that men are headed for extinction in approximately 125,000 years.
While feminists are rejoicing at this latest research, chauvinists are understandably peeved. To pacify them, the idea of men not totally disappearing off the face of the planet but becoming a relatively less important part of the human race is being mooted.
As a result, the king of the jungle, the ultimate muscle-bound stud and God's gift to womankind will have nothing to do really. Except, maybe drink beer and sit before the television watching sports all day.
But wait a minute...In a woman's world, beer will be banned, television channels will telecast only soaps and sports will be the polite name for catfights. Men will exist, but only for our viewing pleasure. No foul-mouthed, beer-bellied, crotch-scratching, boorish men with receding hairlines, please.
In their place will be perfectly groomed, lip-smacking metrosexuals, all charm and chivalry... or is that extinct already? Their only use doing odd jobs and being toy boys of course, only after they've taken a crash course in foreplay. A world with such men? Amen!
Firstly, God...women are boring! And secondly, someone's gotta stop this research !! :-P
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