Masculinity under threat redux

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<p>I’d put this in the “Boys’ Crisis” thread if it were not so such a fishy story.</p>

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<p><a href=“Third of male fish in rivers are changing sex | Daily Mail Online”>Third of male fish in rivers are changing sex | Daily Mail Online;

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<p>Since this topic has been previously touched upon, I just want it to be known that I think that rorosen, if he were a fish, would not be suffering from this problem.</p>

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<p>Weird…Human hormones can affect fish hormones?</p>

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<p>No one has said conclusively that Rorosen is not a fish.</p>

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<p>According to the latest advertisements, though, they can “rediscover their manhood” by buying Hummers.</p>

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<p>Not weird at all. Your basic male and female sex hormomes are the same or very similar for pretty much all vertebrates. That’s why one of the most popular drugs given to women to replace the hormones they lost due to menopause is derived from the urine of pregnant horses.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3882159.stm[/url]”>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3882159.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I have also toured the local water treatment facility and heard about their frustration with all the drugs and chemicals that are in our drinking water, but do not yet have a way to be screened or treated out
<a href=“http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/03/23/drugs-060323.html[/url]”>http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/03/23/drugs-060323.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>LMAO!</p>

<p>Haven’t these “male fish” in question heard of sports? One would think that, along with the female hormones, some soccer paraphernalia would wash into the river. </p>

<p>There’s nothing wrong with these fish that can’t be fixed with a weekend away with the guys, some bourbon, and a Glock. </p>

<p>(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)</p>

<p>I have heard of this phenomenon before. Would the increased use of Viagra help? Also, isn’t the usual limit on reproduction the amount of females, not males - usually, males can copulate with a greater frequency than females can produce offspring. Just a thought.</p>

<p>Thanks, Marite. :)</p>

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We absolutely must party together sometime.</p>

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<p>Sounds good.</p>

<p>Mint juleps or just bourbon, rocks?</p>

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<p>Will we be firing our Glocks from the veranda? If so, I’ll wear something nice and mint julep would be just the thing.</p>

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<p>Sure.</p>

<p>I’ll bring my sunhat and seersucker skirt. </p>

<p>Big question - what are we aiming for? ;)</p>

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<p>Wabbits…</p>

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<p>But I don’t think that Driver and I could be wery wery qwuiet… little bourbon, little mint, and some good ole fashioned ranting… ;)</p>

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<p>Can I bring my HKs? I just got a Mossberg for ****s and giggles.</p>

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<p>As long as it doesn’t get out of hand it just sounds like - more fish!</p>

<p>I want to know why all the women on the pill in England are p**ing in the river??? ;).</p>

<p>On a serious note, I do think that the last part of the article may be true, and is definitely worthy of study - the presence of female hormones in the environment, particularly in water and meat - could well explain an overall drop in sperm count and fertility. It is similar to proposed connections between antibiotics in animal feeds and bacterial resistance. Plausible, needs more proof and need ways to clear those compounds from drinking water.</p>

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<p>Well, that only means that the Pill is more effective than originally thought!</p>