Is the end of men imminent?

Ur an in between creation? Wow, make a video, you'll make $$$

hahah, hell yeah

I'm doing the best I can! Get off my back!
*cries*

Actually, it is far from being that simple and cut & dry. There are men who have XX chromosomes and women who have XY chromosomes.

See http://current.com/items/90325653_gender-puzzle-is-your-wife-really-your-husband...

See also:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG6-45F4N51-14&am...

and

http://www.isna.org/faq/y_chromosome

Excerpt:

In fact, there’s a whole lot more to maleness and femaleness than X or Y chromosomes. About 1 in 20,000 men has no Y chromosome, instead having 2 Xs. This means that in the United States there are about 7,500 men without a Y chromosome. The equivalent situation - females who have XY instead of XX chromosomes - can occur for a variety of reasons and overall is similar in frequency.

For these 15,000 or more individuals in the US (and who knows how many worldwide), their chromosomes are irrelevant. It is the total complement of their genes along with their life experiences (physical, mental, social) that makes them who they are (or any of us, for that matter). The last time I counted, there were at least 30 genes that have been found to have important roles in the development of sex in either humans or mice. Of these 30 or so genes 3 are located on the X chromosome, 1 on the Y chromosome and the rest are on other chromosomes, called autosomes (on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19).

I understand what you're saying, but my point remains that even if one can be a male without a Y or a female with a Y (isn't that due to insensitivity to testosterone?) the Y chromosome's main function is to give the genes associated with being a male.

It is not exclusively due to insensitivity to testosterone - an XY woman gave birth to a healthy male child, as explained in the second link I posted for you above. We don't know all there is to know about the Y chromosome, it certainly must have functions other than providing genes for maleness. I have read about XX men who have fathered children the normal way without any medical or other assistance - they had functioning testes.

True, but I'm just quoting my genetics prof =).

LAWLZ

High tec super robots :O

Lesbians

LOL

Who is he gonna play halo with?

Maybe they'll be women born with a penis like organ instead of a vagina? Who knows...

Evolution, or a change in the frequency of genes, may affect female humans to obtain the mechanisms to reproduce. And if not, then we'll all die out. :)

yeah, maybe, because women are always happy..

LAWLZ

ROFL (@Pedroptz)

That's very interesting. I also read that Voles are one of a minor percentage of known species maintain the same mate throughout the course of their life. I wonder if there is a relationship between the two.

I'm a big fan of voles, I have to say.

really?

Yes, Reedalmighty - see:

http://current.com/items/90325653_gender-puzzle-is-your-wife-really-your-husband...

See also:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG6-45F4N51-14&am...

and

http://www.isna.org/faq/y_chromosome

Excerpt:

In fact, there’s a whole lot more to maleness and femaleness than X or Y chromosomes. About 1 in 20,000 men has no Y chromosome, instead having 2 Xs. This means that in the United States there are about 7,500 men without a Y chromosome. The equivalent situation - females who have XY instead of XX chromosomes - can occur for a variety of reasons and overall is similar in frequency.

For these 15,000 or more individuals in the US (and who knows how many worldwide), their chromosomes are irrelevant. It is the total complement of their genes along with their life experiences (physical, mental, social) that makes them who they are (or any of us, for that matter). The last time I counted, there were at least 30 genes that have been found to have important roles in the development of sex in either humans or mice. Of these 30 or so genes 3 are located on the X chromosome, 1 on the Y chromosome and the rest are on other chromosomes, called autosomes (on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19).

lol

WOOT!!
go Vierotchka
(dem gays is real, AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH)

Black hole?

If someone had said this about women instead of men, they'd be called sexist.

Purdy sexist. Zing!

lol, maybe but u can't ignore the science!
*victory is mine* ;)

As Daniel Day Lewis said to Madeline Stowe in the Last of the Mohecans: "men and woemen are a breed apart" . I believe that if any person of either gender would be more motivated in developing what makes them human to the exlusion of all else, there'd be a whole lot fewer grunt males, and poof males around to
alienate woemen. If you believe in equality then you can't believe in dominance, or good riddance.

ha ha ha, Im not laughing with you im laughing AT you

Seriously. I had to check through daboz's other comments to see if this fool was for real. I thought his kind was extinct. He'd be far better off in a museum spouting his inane, obsolete rhetoric from behind [soundproof] glass for the edification of school children. I'm not even trying to flame the guy, it's just so fu-fu-fu-funny that there are still McCarthyists out there. God bless you, you silly, contrary, (probably) old man. Draw your shutters...but be sure to keep them open just enough to spy on the neighbors. For the record though: I'd rather be dead than have fallen into the ideological sink hole you are ranting out of.

no sh^t man. i hate the damn president. he's so stupid.