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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Marcia Cross, Alyson Hannigan, Maureen O'Hara, Mitzi Gaynor, Clara Bow, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts
September 19th, 2011
7:15 pm
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Guinness
September 19th, 2011
7:28 pm
This is not too surprising. Across the world some stupid people value males over females, so they abort the child, so now this attitude has guaranteed that there will NOT be a woman available @ some future point in time – like how stupid you ignorant people. In other parts of the world, albino body parts are so valuable that the albino fear for their life. Now, we here in this country this… Funny, I was told by one of my dad’s friend how disappointed he was in learning that I was a redhead. Well, my dad died alone! Oh yea, people are ignorant and just suck in general.
curious
September 19th, 2011
7:29 pm
This meaning of this message might not be black or white to most, but I bet it will be read all over.
Look It Up
September 19th, 2011
7:30 pm
Marilyn Monroe, Cleopatra, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Alicia Witt, Isla Fisher, Lauren Ambrose, Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, Mitzi Gaynor, Debra Messing, Marcia Cross, Gates McFadden
Famous Redheaded Men, too
September 19th, 2011
7:33 pm
Galileo, Gen. George Custer, Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, Willie Nelson, Mark Twain, Sir Winston Churchill, James Joyce, Antonio Vivaldi, Conan O’Brien, Ron Howard, Robert Redford, King David of Israel
:(
September 19th, 2011
7:35 pm
I can’t believe how horrible some of these comments are. It’s like the Nazis talking about Jews or the KKK talking about African-Americans. This hatred of red-haired, freckled people is hurting my feelings. And yes I have a soul, and it’s not one I stole from somebody else, so don’t even start that mess.
Pay Attention
September 19th, 2011
7:40 pm
The greatest actress in the history of motion pictures, Katharine Hepburn, WAS A REDHEAD!
BLONDEE
September 19th, 2011
7:43 pm
SORRY, BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
“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!!
WHAT IS A “DAY WALKER”????
Redheads Are Funny, too
September 19th, 2011
7:45 pm
Two of the most successful comediens in television history, Lucille Ball and Carole Burnette WERE/ARE REDHEADS!
Debbie Reynolds is a redhead. So is Tina Louise (Gilligan’s Island).
Flashing Red... Um... Light!
September 19th, 2011
7:48 pm
Ginger Mama, don’t worry, there are plenty of us around and growing. Me, my kids, and all my grandkids are redheaded, in various shades of red, but definitely red nonetheless! Our numbers are actually expanding in spite of idiot sperm banks such as this.