Can we do without men?
This week it was revealed that scientists in a lab at Newcastle University have managed to create artificial human sperm from stem cells.
This breakthrough has massive implications for people facing infertility and single women who want to start a family.
Although fraught with medical and ethical problems, the creation of artifical sperm raises the possibility of women having children without the need for men.
Can we do without men?
Christine and Adrian hit the streets to ask members of the public if men still have a place in a women's world!
Are men now redundant as a sex? Why should you keep a man around the house?
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Just left the TV to send this message. Sorry, must go. My wife wants the remote back!!
Keep smiling
Les Woods of Lincoln
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Men invented chocolate.....every womans weakness!
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Imagine if this argument were turned on its head and the continued existence of women was questioned. THe phone lines would be at breaking point, the internet mail servers would be crashing and women's lobby groups would be preparing a march in central London. This was seriously sick journalism.
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Couldn't do without my man i Love him to bits
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If there were no men there would be very little holding back the unified menstrual synchronisation of all women, which would increase the likelihood of global nuclear armageddon if someone had a bad day one month. PMS LOL
Also, who would open all the jars?
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I don't want a world without men. I like men and frankly I like sex with a man, not a woman so no we can't do without men.
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God was a man, he made the world, without men there would be no world.
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Men will always be needed until someone invents a vibrator that will cut the grass.
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What would gay guys do without men?
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Of course we need men, otherwise who would turn over the tv with the remote control!!
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Women need men as men are the best designers so what would women do if they couldn't shop for...
Comme de Garcon / Yves St Laurent / Georgio Armani / Manalo Blahnik / Jimmy Choo / Paul Smith / Gaultier / Calvin Klein / Ralph Lauren, all men and these are just a few!!!......
MEN ARE VITAL TO A WOMENS SHOPPING HABITS!!! (Even if they cost us a fortune!)
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I agree God invented men because vibrators can't mow the grass!
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what do you mean no men, i would have to go straight and could not do that even if i tried.
we love men
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I think men are wonderful for many reasons and great fun to be with. However, I don't think anybody should have to live with one.
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noooo we need men to open brown envolopessss
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yes we can, but then who can we blame for teaching us lady drivers how to drive badly?
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Most of the women I have known say that a sense of humour is vital...
Be honest, how many women do you know that can tell a joke or relay a funny story. Very Very Very few. Of course you need men if only to make you laugh. Gordon of Wickford
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I wouldn't be able to live without a man because if we didn't then me and my friends wouldn't have any bufftings* to drool over when we go out together!!
*A buffting is the nickname me and my friends give someone who is seriously fit ;)
From Beckii xx Essex xx
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We absolutely cannot do without men - my lover is sexy, kind, loving, challenging, so exciting!!!! WE NEED DIFFERENCE. A world of women - no thanks.
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Why do we need men? How about buildings, cars, roads, machines, planes, in fact everything "man-made" you can see around you (apart from soft fabrics).
Martin (Sunderland)
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The main reason women still need men is because if we weren't around, who would get the round in?
Paul
Swindon
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
it was a man that discovered that it could happen so the world would end without men if he went aswell.
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Wgo else would open the jam jars?
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What would happen to our sport? Women's rugby is really not as good in all respects as men's rugby. Half the olympics is made up of men's events I really think us ladies would be lost without them.
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Give up my man?
If I did i would give up my best friend, my drinking partner & my rock
No way on this earth
Barbara
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I know I can't do with out men. As I have come to realise that there is no such thing as the perfect man, I have one as my handyman, one to do my gardening, one to taxi me around, one to fetch for me, one to romance me, one to make me laugh and one to lean on when i need to cry.
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If a man opens his mouth in the woods and there is no woman to hear him.
Is he still wrong ??
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Is it really about the men what about the children that would be born using this technology what happens if theres something gentetically wrong what do you day when they ask who their father is it all seems wrong to me they arent thinking about the child at all.
Bec from Wrexham
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MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE
NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura,
Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other
as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in £20, even
though it's only for £32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and
none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY
A man will pay £2 for a £1 item he needs.
A woman will pay £1 for a £2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving
cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel ..
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A
man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can
spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.
DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the
rubbish, answer the phone, read a book, and get the post.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about
dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secret
fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing
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I don't know about women needing men but I do know that the world needs more women like Twiggy. I have two of her albums and have been madly in love with her for over 30 years. I stayed single but could stand being nagged by Twiggy!!
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If there were no men, who would pay for the beer at the weekends?
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So men aren't needed any more! Women can get sperm from a bottle can they.
Well let me tell you this, bottle stuff is fine, but it won't be long before they are back on Draft!!!
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Oh nooooo we've been rumbled! We are unfortunately a bit like the one show..... fun to have around but we dont really forefill a purpose and no one would really miss us......
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If there were no men, who would be in the wrong?
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after fifty years who else would cuddle me
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No men!! who will take the dog out at 6am, who will put the bins out, and most of all, who will keep my feet warm in bed.
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Men, and Women think differently but both, are an essential part of God's creation.
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The one Show needs to sort it's head out and start doing more pie chucking!
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No Men are nice and women should stop giving them a hard time. A lot of Men are nicer than a lot of Women I know.
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In seriousness this issue is not a question of whether or not we can do without men. Which is a rather juvenile journalistic piece, if you ask me. It is a medical advancement which could mean greater ease for infertile couples, or same sex couples, to have children. Especially for same sex couples, who could actually look forward to a day, when they could have children, that were in fact the biological child of both partners. As a young gay man myself, this is an exciting prospect. Plus the fact that artificial sperm has been created will also mean that one day artificial eggs will be too. A great thing for disease free sperm no doubt, but short of gender screening, fertilised embryos at random, will produce boys anyway, so there would still be men born into the world regardless. One final note was that if the situation was reversed (where both artificial eggs were developed and foetus's could be grown outside the womb for example). And there was an article: "do we need women?", the programme would be villified and there would be a public outcry. Plus there is nothing more beneficial, regardless of science, that is better than natural conception and this method would never replace that, or wants to.
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Since it takes a man to read and understand a map, a world devoid of men will result in extinction of the human race, directly as a result of the fact that women wouldn't be able to find where the sperm bank was.
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I am not a regular contributor to the One Show Consumer blogs, but noticed this item re this "Sperm"-thing. It caught my eye, as I happened to offer (what I thought) was a ray of humour into the debate on the HYS site. It went as follows:
QUESTION:
Do you agree with the creation of artificial sperm?
Scientists claim to have created human sperm in a laboratory in what they say is a world first. Will this help men with fertility problems?
The team in Newcastle developed the sperm using stem cells from a male embryo.
They believe the work could eventually help men with fertility problems to father a child.
However, other experts say they are not convinced that fully developed sperm have been created.
What do you think of this development? Is it a positive step for stem cell research? Could it lead to a better understanding of infertility? Would you or a member of your family benefit?
ANSWER:
Effort #1:
No, is the only answer ...since I am a man! [er.....am I allowed to say that?]
Typical New Labour.
I BET it's that interfering, politically-correct Harman woman behind this, trying her best to do away with what little fun there is in life... for men, anyway...!.
She figures that because (she thinks) men earn more than women, and to save her the trouble of sending her crackpot "tell us all what you earn" Bill through Parliament, she can get round it by getting rid of men altogether.
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Rejected
Effort #2:
No, is the only answer ...since I am a man! [er.....am I allowed to say that?]
Typical New Labour.
I BET it's that interfering, Ms Harman behind this, trying her best to do away with what little fun there is in life... ..!.
She figures that because (she thinks) men earn more than women, and to save her the trouble of sending her medlling "tell us all what you earn" Bill through Parliament, she can get round it by getting rid of us altogether!
COMMENT STATUS:
Rejected
Effort #3:
COMMENT:
No, is the only answer ...since I am a man!
Frankly, I think New Labour are behind this.
I BET it's dear Ms Harman, trying her best to do away with what little fun there is in life... ..!
To save her the trouble of putting her interventionist "Tell us all what you earn" Bill through Parliament, she can get round it by simply getting rid of us men, altogether!!!
COMMENT STATUS:
Rejected
There! If you think that was terrible, & worthy of being censored, please say so.
But a chap does find it hard to resist the chance of poking fun at said lady, even if not to hold her up to the ridicule that she, and the rest of these people deserve.....?
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I think we can do without women. Who needs mischief-making advantage takers who abuse you into breakdowns, snide at you when you are in that state and go booing their eyes out to others, saying how nasty you are.
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