Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'

[Strike For The South]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8361863.stm

I blame liberals, women, and communists.

Not in that order. Women should probably get the most blame.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Article is short on numbers.

[Ja'chyra]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8361863.stm

I blame liberals, women, and communists.

Not in that order. Women should probably get the most blame.

I concur, bloody women

[Vladimir]

Is that why my nipples are so sensitive?

But no, I liked playing with GI Joes. The fact that they were naked doesn't mean anything...right?

[Subotan]

More gay boys = Less population pressures

[Megas Methuselah]

I concur, bloody women

Yeah. We oughta put those women back in their place.

[HoreTore]

More gay boys = Less population pressures

Not to mention; more women for the rest of us.

I say we should aim for around 98% gay males. That way, Angelina Jolie would be forced to beg the worlds fattest anti-social computernerd for some action.

Oh, teh sweetness...

[Ice]

Not to mention; more women for the rest of us.

I say we should aim for around 98% gay males. That way, Angelina Jolie would be forced to beg the worlds fattest anti-social computernerd for some action.

Oh, teh sweetness...

Oh how the tables would be turned.

[Beskar]

There is nothing wrong in males playing with "female toys" unless you are sexist.

If a male child wants to play with the kitchen set, why is that really a bad thing? All the top celebrity cooks are bascially all males anyway, are you trying to say they are all homosexual? Also, what is wrong with a male playing with barbie and ken and exploring relationships with the two dolls? Are they only meant to play with action men killing eachother?

It is more to do with social environment and attitudes than just because some one wanted PVC flooring.

[Centurion1]

i was always a big fan of my easy bake oven, though more because i like eating.........

it depends on the age of the child, how they are playing, how much of their time is spent with said toys, and how intent they are on playing with feminine toys

[Gregoshi]

Also, what is wrong with a male playing with barbie and ken and exploring relationships with the two dolls? Are they only meant to play with action men killing eachother?

Yes, we are meant to learn how to kill each other. Understanding the opposite sex is supposed to be a mystery to us. We can't jeopardize that by having young boys potentially learning about relationships (other than spotter, sniper, pointman, wingman, etc) via Ken and Barbie and applying that learning to their future girlfriends/wives.

We should be left thinking this of our future spouses: "If only she knew how to lay down a good covering fire...sigh."

[Subotan]

What we perceive to be masculine and feminine toys are merely constructs of our culture to make children adapt to social norms. It's not as if colours can be gender specific, as for a long time, pink was a boy's colour (Due to it's "radical" nature), and blue (the colour of the Virgin Mary) was the colour of girls.
Are Barbies and Action Men really that different? Sorry Comic Book Guy, but they're both dolls, intended to simulate relationships and social situations, independent of whether they have a ponytail or a crew cut. The idea that trace amounts of some chemicals found in the manufacturing of plastics is turning boys into girls (Which is what this article, from the otherwise respectable BBC, implies) as some boys play with "girl's" toys is preposterous, and is bad science and bad journalism.

[Beskar]

What we perceive to be masculine and feminine toys are merely constructs of our culture to make children adapt to social norms. It's not as if colours can be gender specific, as for a long time, pink was a boy's colour (Due to it's "radical" nature), and blue (the colour of the Virgin Mary) was the colour of girls.
Are Barbies and Action Men really that different? Sorry Comic Book Guy, but they're both dolls, intended to simulate relationships and social situations, independent of whether they have a ponytail or a crew cut. The idea that trace amounts of some chemicals found in the manufacturing of plastics is turning boys into girls (Which is what this article, from the otherwise respectable BBC, implies) as some boys play with "girl's" toys is preposterous, and is bad science and bad journalism.

Indeed, it used to be pink for boys and blue for girls. As blue was seem as virgin mary, an innocent and calm colour.

Looks like me and you are on the same page. It is bad science and bad journalism.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

There is nothing wrong in males playing with "female toys" unless you are sexist.

Yes well, why don't you take some estrogen pills then, like transexuals do? Nothing wrong with that, lets feed them to children.

It is more to do with social environment and attitudes than just because some one wanted PVC flooring.

The study was attempting to show a correlation between the plastics and the behavior. They didn't just say "well more boys are playing with dolls, must be this chemical". The article also doesn't post the percentage increase, which leads me to believe that it is 4.2 percent or something.

[Beskar]

Yes well, why don't you take some estrogen pills then, like transexuals do? Nothing wrong with that, lets feed them to children.

?

What does that have to do with anything? It is something completely different. A social construct is not the same as taking pills to grow breasts.

[Hosakawa Tito]

OMG, you don't think they use that stuff in beer can liners & twinkie wrappers, do you? suppresses the urge to slip into something more comfortable...

[Major Robert Dump]

The only way to ensure your child boy grows up manly is to only let him play with toys made of various animal scrotums

[A Very Super Market]

Just go Spartan. If worked out well enough for them. Make sure you cleanse the area of any Thebans though, they're trouble.

[Samurai Waki]

I have the sudden urge to go on a shopping spree, Dolce and Gabbana anyone?

[Subotan]

The study was attempting to show a correlation between the plastics and the behavior. They didn't just say "well more boys are playing with dolls, must be this chemical". The article also doesn't post the percentage increase, which leads me to believe that it is 4.2 percent or something.

No, it actually said

Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, making them "more feminine", say US researchers.

Which is even more direct than what you said.

I have the sudden urge to go on a shopping spree, Dolce and Gabbana anyone?

Oooh, packaging!

[Idaho]

More gay boys = Less population pressures

Feminised boys and gay boys aren't the same thing.

This topic could go numerous different ways - but being the org it's all about teh gays

[Boohugh]

The only way to ensure your child boy grows up manly is to only let him play with toys made of various animal scrotums

Which he, of course, needs to hunt and kill himself!

[FactionHeir]

I suppose that means there's way too much plastic in Japan and Hong Kong?

[Husar]

So women should not eat plastic chemicals during pregnancy? What about plastic explosives?

[Subotan]

Unless they're having girls, and they want super-feminine girls.

[drone]

Apparently, the one for us adult males to stay away from is BPA.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHea...ory?id=9048200

While environmental groups have sounded the alarm about the presence of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in products such as infant formula, baby bottles and other plastics, a new study provides some of the first evidence that the chemical can be harmful to humans, linking it to sexual dysfunction in men in high doses.

I remember reading a while back about the high levels of estrogen/progestin in the water supply from birth control pills. Basically, men are all just turning into .

[Beskar]

The biggest threat is Soya, full of Phytoestrogen. Free Sex Change for Male Vegans.

[HoreTore]

Unless they're having girls, and they want super-feminine girls.

Oh gawd, just kill me now...

[Subotan]

Well, it depends. Is the femininity purely psychological, or or we talking biological as well?

Ugh, I sound like Meth

[Ja'chyra]

Yeah. We oughta put those women back in their place.

The kitchen