Re:Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census...
by BriggyDwiggs42 on Sunday April 13, 2025 @02:34PM
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> so in the much longer term we will see the eradication of the Y chromosome - and all the problems that arise from it.
Jeez what did my chromies ever do to you?
Re:Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census...
by ben_w on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:26AM
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Colour blindness, famously. I'd have to google for any other Y-specific issues, don't know them off the top of my head.
Re:Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census...
by justonenote on Sunday April 13, 2025 @04:52PM
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gawd this is so misogynistic, some women like having men around, for whatever reason. perhaps we can keep a few around for women into that.
Re:Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census...
by anal_reactor on Sunday April 13, 2025 @05:21PM
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It's amazing that we'd rather consider eugenics than change our social norms
Re:Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census...
by inglor_cz on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:39AM
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Not the OP, but biology may be more amenable to change than social norms.
There is an interesting old article on Slate Star Codex touching this:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/10/society-is-fixed-biolo...
The research to do this seems to be close to succeeding - see e.g. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11601-bone-stem-cells...
When researchers perfect this technique for humans, which they almost certainly will eventually, there will be no need for men at all. Women will be able to obtain lab-grown sperm from other women, and use this for fertilization.
All of these female-originating sperms will be X-chromosomed, and so in the much longer term we will see the eradication of the Y chromosome - and all the problems that arise from it.