Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete?

Shaitan Apistos writes "British scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship. All children born of this method would be female, due the lack Y chromosomes, and there is high chance of birth defects. Eggs also can be created from male bone marrow, but men looking to reproduce would still need to find a surrogate mother to handle the gestation period. I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new amazonian overlords and remind them that men are still very good at mowing lawns and fixing cars."

Comments

dont forget

[User 956]

I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new amazonian overlords and remind them that men are still very good at mowing lawns and fixing cars.

Also, SNOO SNOO!

Re:dont forget

[cayenne8]

"I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new amazonian overlords and remind them that men are still very good at mowing lawns and fixing cars. "

That and you can't take a vibrator home to meet your parents....

Re:dont forget

[CastrTroy]

Or, if this catches on, your parent.

In other news...

[Tsar]

British scientists have discovered a way to move around by walking, making wheeled transportation obsolete. All trips made with this method would be short or very slow due the lack of speed, and there is high chance of being late. I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new ambling overlords and remind them that airplanes are still pretty handy for the really long trips.

damn.

[theheadlessrabbit]

as soon as scientists develop a machine that automatically opens pickle jars, men are fscked.

I don't want to be obsolete.
now I know how Windows feels. :(

More seriously...

[DrYak]

This could be genuine good news for :
- Homosexual couples (2 lesbians, or 2 gay men + 1 surrogate mother)
- Couples where 1 is trans gender (and lack the correct type of gonads)
One day such technology would enable both parents in such couples to be the biological parents.

Now back to humour :
Yes, we *DO* welcome our new Amazon overlords.
Specially since, if as a consequence of this the percentage of women increases in the general population, this new girls:boys ratio (men are rare) when added to eons-old instinct (sex drive) will finally increases the chances for the average /. to get laid.

Re:More seriously...

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you _SEEN_ the average /.er? It's more likely that that's the reason why women would seek this.

Women of the world, I entreat thee!

[Junior J. Junior III]

Before you go throwing out the male gender, stop for a moment and consider this:

Sperm extracted from my bone is a lot less painful to obtain than from your bones. Think about it!

Re:Women of the world, I entreat thee!

[swarsron]

great, now they're going to rip our bones out to make sperm. Way to go, traitor!

Re:Too bad....

[Znork]

If men had been the ones carrying the babies I'd betcha good money that we'd have had artificial wombs perfected in the 1930's.

Flat Pack Furniture

[turgid]

This won't be allowed to happen. IKEA will go out of business.

Yes

[eclectro]

But my sperm is Organic(TM). No telling what you're gonna get with the fake stuff.

Old news - I'm a Slashdotter

[Hogwash McFly]

I've been obsolete from a reproductive point of view for some time now.

Re:Too bad....

[Nullav]

That, or babies would be a lot...thinner. (Damn, just thinking about it hurts.)

Re:We discussed males and females, so....

[tacocat]

I guess after being told to "Go Fuck Yourself" for so many years, these scientists finally found a way to do it.

There will be some interesting debates raging about this one for a long time. I'm of the opinion that on the whole, we are better off with the process of gene mixing than practicing self-eugenics.

Downgraded?

[dtml-try MyNick]

So men are now downgraded to just a lustobject?

Ofcourse that's very sad and tragic. But I can live with it.

Re:Of course men not obsolete just yet

[SCHecklerX]

Yeah, but women already have functional 'robotic companions'. That's a little more difficult a problem to solve for men.

This will be a challenge for female legislation

[Tanuki64]

I mean, what is reproduction without men good for, when there is no way to make a man pay for the children?

Re:Of course men not obsolete just yet

[value_added]

The simple fact is ...

You're absolutely right. I'm wrong on all counts.

• Men are not attracted to "big boobs and ass" to the exclusion of all else because those qualities are universally associated with the ability to carry on the gene line by bearing and raising children, but because they've watched too much porn.
• Women are not attracted to "strong and handsome" (especially at ovulation time), or alternatively, rich and powerful, because those qualities are indicative of someone who can provide and protect, but because they read about it in a magazine.
• The object of dating is to make more friends.
• Women never ever have relations with a man solely because they want to get pregnant. This is particularly true for girls in their teens, and women in their forties.
• Both a mother and father are absolutely required to raise a normal, healthy child. It is untrue to suggest that it's in any way acceptable acceptable to be a single parent. Recent medical advances don't disprove this, and are mere curiousities that have no effect on the actions or mores of society as a whole. Who cares what gays and lesbians think. It's a fact they're all going to hell.
• Everyone wants security but it's a lie to say that women absolutely need it and will demand it first among all things. Men and women are not animals, and any similarity to the behaviour of animals on the NatGeo channel is a mere coincidence.
• It's a myth that men will seek a great number of sex partners. See above. What men really want is long-term companionship.
• Woman really prefer dogs to cats.
• Marriage is not a legal contract that involves bargaining and an exchange of money and property. Marriage is a union of love, and the historical nature of it should be dismissed as an unfortunate error. The reason why the rich continue to insist that their lawyers handle it is simply because their lawyers need the work. The main cause of arguments and divorce is never money
• It's a myth that a woman's sex drive decreases during pregnancy. It does not disappear for an extended time after childbirth. In fact, the woman regards the man in the same manner as when they were dating, and the man regards the woman's changed attitudes and weight gain as enhancing her attractiveness and desirability.
• Love conquers all.
• Women who choose to leave or divorce are routinely criticised on Oprah, and it is false to suggest they have near universal sympathy from everyone, or free access to the local district attorney to pursue financial claims.
• Men who choose to leave or divorce are never regarded as irresponsible or deadbeats.
• It is not true that men have few rights with respect to custody, other than the freedom to hire a lawyer of their own choosing to pursue a protracted and expensive legal case in a court system that vastly prefers the rights of the mother. Women never deny or otherwise interfere with visitation rights for capricious reasons. That simply doesn't happen.
• Writing ascerbic posts on Slashdot on the subject of mating is proof of a history of bad relationships, bad choices, and/or failed marriages. It is "unpossible" that the poster is simply having fun reiterating fairly mundane observations made by him and countless others for longer than most care to remember.

Smooch! My apologies, of course, for presuming Slashdot is primarily a male audience. ;-) No offense meant.