Preventing Lesbianism?

[LtPage1]

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[moshquerade]

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I've got one you might be interested in also. This one replaces missing teeth though. PM me for details.

 

[ShawnD1]

So you have a biology degree?

Nope. My degrees are in chemistry and electrical engineering. That's why I'm an ethichemist or ethineer.

 

[KeithTalent]

No, the ony way I would intervene with something like that is if it was curing some sort of actual defect in the child that would adversly affect how they functioned in the world; I'm talking missing limbs, MS, brain damage, that kind of thing. If my kid's gay, they are gay, why the hell would I care about that?

KT

 

[PokerGuy]

Nope. My degrees are in chemistry and electrical engineering. That's why I'm an ethichemist or ethineer.

Perhaps ethitard is more appropriate.

 

[ShawnD1]

Perhaps ethitard is more appropriate.

How do I get a degree in being a retard? Do I need to study more of your posts?

 

[mb]

And THAT'S how he broke his collar bone!


wait, wat

 

[surfsatwerk]

How do I get a degree in being a retard? Do I need to study more of your posts?

I don't think any further study is required.

 

[PokerGuy]

I don't think any further study is required.

He got his honorary degree at birth apparently. Sadly, there is no cure yet for his defect.

 

[bfdd]

And to think all those people didn't believe Dr. Venture when he was desperately searching for the gay gene.

 

[ShawnD1]

He got his honorary degree at birth apparently. Sadly, there is no cure yet for his defect.

I guess my mom should have taken the anti-lesbian medication.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

w00t...sensationalist title causes people to freak out!

 

[zinfamous]

If it is a genetic disorder then the pill is allowing the child to develop normally.

the ability to walk upright is a "genetic disorder."

so is binocular vision.

so is fair skin.

so is......


or are you referring to the intended treatment of CAH?

 

[surfsatwerk]

the ability to walk upright is a "genetic disorder."

so is binocular vision.

so is fair skin.

so is......

But we control our own genetic development to a certain degree. Random chance is no longer the god who controls our fate.

 

[eits]

As long as they are still bi-curious in college, it is OK with me.

you mean BIOcurious

 

[eits]

i'm waiting for the "homosexuality is a choice" crowd to join in this conversation

 

[zinfamous]

shens. There's no way that's a real job. bio-ethics? So now we're just making up job titles? I'll be an ethics engineer, or how about an ethics chemist.

uh, seriously? It's an entire field. This kind of stuff is absolutely essential in today's world, what with cloning and the type of info becoming readily available through genome research and the various insurance conglomerates and private companies chomping at the bit to own parts of your genome, access your own private info, etc....

Hell, from the 20s-30s, the primary paradigm of Genetics was the eugenics movement--the belief in creating the "perfect human" was then considered the primary goal of genetic medicine and thought. It became the linchpin of Hitler's theory behind the super human, his rationale for eliminating jews and other "undesirables."

 

[RagingBITCH]

If someone wants to eat a taco vs a sausage, by all means let them.

 

[zinfamous]

But we control our own genetic development to a certain degree. Random chance is no longer the god who controls our fate.

actually, we don't.

Ethics.

 

[moshquerade]

w00t...sensationalist title causes people to freak out!

Yeh, if only they would READ the article, eh?

I just clarified the OP for those who didn't/won't read the article.

 

[zinfamous]

You mean, administering treatment to cure a defect or disease is now a problem?

depends on how the drug is administered, I suppose. the article seems to claim that it is being touted, and perhaps advised as an anti-lesbianism pill. That is certainly an issue.

Say you present a couple with a choice after a blood test reveals that their developing fetus will be born with an extra 21st chromosome (Downs), tests positive for multiple sclerosis, or is a carrier....the choice being would they like to abort? There's plenty of debate going about this type of choice, but it likely wouldn't surprise most people that many parents choose to abort.

Say you have a couple that wants a boy, but discover that their fetus is female. You'd probably be even more surprised to see the number of couples that choose to abort simply based on gender.

In one case, you have a procedure that due to several circumstances, makes a rational argument for either decision. In another, the procedure seems to be abused unnecessarily, and perhaps unethically.


What about the drug companies that spend billions testing pills that are meant to control blood pressure, find that they have no efficacy for such, but then market them another way? Viagra?
Or reps that encourage improper usage of pills to patient populations that do not meet certain profiles simply to increase profit? In one case, the drug is wonderful in that it very much helps a particular group of patients; but when given to the wrong population, causes very serious issues--namely, death. Simply b/c the drug kills patients that have never received it, it should be denied to those who receive the most benefit? Personally, I don't think so.

 

[ahenkel]

I wouldn't care if my daughter was a lesbian, but if my son was a gay oooh man.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Yeh, if only they would READ the article, eh?

I just clarified the OP for those who didn't/won't read the article.

i read it yesterday, multiple times. seems like the science has taken a backseat to the politics/social aspects.

 

[SagaLore]

I'm all for preventing genetic defects. I don't see this as having anything to do with lesbianism - the connection is simply political.

 

[ivan2]

LOL lesbians freak out there will be less young ones, hey ill freak out if there will be less young girls being reproduced too.