Redheads rejected by sperm banks
It’s so tough being a redhead the world’s largest sperm bank won’t accept donations.
'Survival of the fittest' at the earliest stage.
That’s not a joke.
There’s no demand for redheaded babies says Ole Schou, the director of the Cryos International, in Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.
“I do not think you choose a redhead, unless the partner — for example, the sterile male — has red hair, or because the lone woman has a preference for redheads. And that’s perhaps not so many, especially in the latter case,” said Schou.
The hue and cry of discrimination will not be raised by brunettes with brown eyes, whose sperm is in high demand.
There’s a severe shortage of Indian sperm, said Schou, because India does not allow sperm or eggs to be exported.
Those looking to make $500 for a donation face an upstream battle: Cryos has reached its peak capacity of 70 liters of semen and there’s 600 donors chomping at the tiny cup to give more.
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Atlanta Academic
September 19th, 2011
10:14 pm
Eugenics, look it up. No more top of the Earth people with their snowshoe feet and Siberian Huskie eyes. Only James Michener’s “Golden Man” becomes acceptable. As species are reduced or become extinct all other remaining few species become susceptible to extinction. Easter Island comes to mind.
POTUS
September 19th, 2011
10:18 pm
President Andrew Jackson was a redhead.
So was President Martin Van Buren.
Atlanta Academic = Hitler Protege
September 19th, 2011
10:21 pm
Your prejudice is showing Atlanta Aca-Hitler Youth.
POTUS-2
September 19th, 2011
10:28 pm
President George Washington was a REDHEAD.
List Goes On...
September 19th, 2011
10:33 pm
J-K Rowling, Woody Allen, Tori Amos, Boris Becker, William Blake, David Bowie, Lord Byron, David Carruso, Christopher Columbus, Oliver Cromwell, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Prince Harry of Wales, Stan Laurel, D-H Lawrence, Sinclair Lewis, Mary Queen of Scots, Henri Matisse, Mark McGwire, Sarah McLachlan, Bette Midler, Van Morrison, Jack Nicklaus, Ezra Pound, Ginger Rogers, Jean Paul Sartre, William Shakespeare, Bill Walton
Love Her or Hate Her...
September 19th, 2011
10:43 pm
Lindsey Lohan
Top this...
September 19th, 2011
10:49 pm
Two-time Olympic Gold medalist, snowboarder Shaun White.
Redheaded.
Fight The Prejudice!
September 19th, 2011
11:05 pm
Why buy a baby at a sperm bank anyway?
It’s more fun to make your own!
Power To Natural Redheads!
Atlanta Academic
September 19th, 2011
11:11 pm
Only one species. The result is disastorous. Always even the slightest tip, Even a mosquito.
Atlanta Academic
September 19th, 2011
11:28 pm
A mosquito can tip the scales if you choose to be only one species.