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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140 comments Add your comment
BetterDeadThanRed
September 19th, 2011
2:11 pm
Redheads smell funny.
Michael
September 19th, 2011
2:12 pm
Amen! Less gingers please – MORE blondes!!!
Emily
September 19th, 2011
2:14 pm
I dated a day walker girl once and let me just say – they ain’t all they’re cracked up to be!! zzzzzzz
Deb
September 19th, 2011
2:16 pm
My redhead is well endowed – another benefit of that gene!!!!
CKM
September 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
@ Peaches, There’s no such thing as a hot red-head. Your skin is probably translucent and covered with all those hideous orange spots. I suppose you can take comfort in the fact that you can tell faceless people that you would rock their world. My response to you: Barf
Jeremy R.
September 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
@ CKM, amen! they try to play up the whole “oooh were different looking so therefore we must be hot! fiery! enticing!” when in actuality, no sweetheart, you are not. creepy white skin covered in freckles with orange hair just doesn’t do it for me.
dr. ben
September 19th, 2011
2:31 pm
No more ginger kids. Eric cartman is celebrating somewhere in South Park.
xcvzx
September 19th, 2011
2:36 pm
gingers are weird
xcvzx
September 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
im at school and soooo bored
Ginger Mama
September 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
If everyone were attracted to the same narrow subset of physical attributes, then you bigoted losers would all be vying for the attention of the same five hot women you have NO chance of getting. Fortunately for you, evolution has ensured that somewhere, somebody will find even the likes of CKM and Jeremy R attractive, (but not so many that you wear your tiny little zip drives out, thanks goodness!)
Fortunately for us, too, some people like strawberry flavored milkshakes and peach pie. And yes, we’ll make more.