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Tag Archives: reproduction
Playmates during crisis
Does the object of our desire tend to change during tough times? Yes, according to this paper on men’s preferences when it comes to Playboy’s models: Consistent with Environmental Security Hypothesis predictions, when social and economic conditions were difficult, older, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lance's Page, social science
Tagged 2008, beauty, body mass, breasts, bust-to-waist ratio, conditional economics, credit crisis, Economics, Environmental Security Hypothesis, facial features, gender, index values, Jayde Nicole, Playboy, playmates, pornography, reproduction, sex, social dynamics, Tyler Cowen, women
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Better off Dead
Kim at Wizbang links to this story about eugenic thinking in Brittan. The comments came as the Lords debated an amendment, [...] that would have protected unborn disabled children from abortion after the 24 week gestational time limit. The amendment … Continue reading
Posted in Eugenics, Health Care, Law, Synova's Page
Tagged abortion, disabilities, Domestic Politics, Eugenics, reproduction
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Proto-sperm created from female stem cell
This is fascinating, though the idea of destroying a female embryo to show that females could reproduce is sort of grotesque. The researcher is applying for permission to use stem cells from bone marrow instead of embryos because it would … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ethics, lesbian, reproduction, sperm cells, stem cell
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The Single Mother Country
What would a war be without a baby boom(let)? Alone in the Occident, Americans continue to invest in the future with strong population growth, while Europe continues to die off faster than it reproduces. Will these new babies be the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged babies, children, demographics, Europe, Mark Steyn, population growth, reproduction, United States
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