‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children women are having

Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by jandrese on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:52PM (#18417340)

Citation needed. As far as I know that is a wingnut paranoia point and not supported by the data.

Edit: Looks like I've been missing the story on this one.

Interesting that the articles all talk about obesity, unknown chemicals, brief style underwear, and whatnot as a possible cause without stopping to consider that maybe societal attitudes towards masturbation may play a role.

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by no1youknowz on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:56PM (#18417379)

Here's one after a 10 second google for "sperm rates in men"

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/17/17841518/lo...

The takeaway: https://i.imgur.com/RhrrNI2.png

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by stavrianos on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:06PM (#18417475)

> sperm rates in women remain constant

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by daxorid on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:57PM (#18417393)

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-p...

LS: https://www.livescience.com/22694-global-sperm-count-decline...

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by cmansley on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:58PM (#18417402)

nyt is wingnut? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/style/sperm-count.html

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by auganov on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:40PM (#18417790)

This article displays pretty much all that is wrong with the reporting on this. A lot of talk about vaguely related sensational commentary, very little on the practical significance (if any).

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by jsnk on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:57PM (#18417390)

This is just an well established fact. Sperm count in industrialized nations have dropped considerably over decades.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1393072

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by ceejayoz on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:56PM (#18417378)

Uh, no.

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/539517210/sperm-counts-plumme...

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by trowway21 on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:58PM (#18417406)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-p...

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by cheeseomlit on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:55PM (#18417373)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sperm-count-dropp...

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by village-idiot on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:19PM (#18417590)

Really? Masturbation? Come on.

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Re:‘Remarkable’ global decline in the number of children wom... by jandrese on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:49PM (#18419024)

Just as plausible as any of the other theories they put forth in those articles. Lots of shoulder shrugs from what I saw.

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