Human Sperm Created: Are Men Doomed?

In recent times, there have been clear indications that male of the human species is on a suicidal path. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the macho rule of men? Here I am not talking about the mess created by myopic/desperate men (and not just in Iraq and Afghanistan), but the British scientists’ recent claim that they have created human sperm in the lab.

If there’s no need for sperm, goes the thought, why do we need men? Imagine a world without all the testosterone, says Richard Inham, AFP’s Health & Science editor.

“The male-vs-female debate is of a course time-honoured debate, though I have often found it rather sterile, with predictable stereotypes that are rounded up and fired, probably to ease some ancient resentment against the opposite sex.

“Today, as we move into the post-industrial economy, the future for women looks brighter than ever. An economy that wants to be based on knowledge has to be gender-equal in order to survive, for it cannot afford not to use half of its intellectual assets.

“Countries that do not allow women a good education that is equal to men’s and let them have the means to use it are doomed to fall behind.

“In the most conservative societies, change seems to be interpreted as a mortal threat that can only be combatted by denial and iron-fisted enforcement of tradition. Yet even in western countries that were the first to experience change, adaptation has not been easy.” More here…

In the Indian countryside bulls were given a special privilege of entering any farmer’s field for grazing until a few decades ago. Now in the artificial insemination age, these can be found loitering in the city/town streets and stoned when they try to grab a mouthful from a vegetable shop.

Perhaps that would be the plight of men in the not too distant future.