primitives discuss, uh, something

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021352085

Oh my.

postulater (2,989 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:50 PM

Micropenis research

No joke. Really.

Pesticide use and genital malformations.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22372605

"High prevalence of micropenis in 2710 male newborns from an intensive-use pesticide area of Northeastern Brazil.

Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been suggested to contribute to the increasing trends of external genital malformation in male newborns. In Northeastern Brazil, the poor sanitary conditions found in the favelas encourage the widespread use of pesticides. This 2-year study of a total birth cohort of full-term male newborns in the regional hospitals of Campina Grande (Paraíba, Brazil) sought to (1) accurately establish for the first time the incidences of neonatal male genital malformations, (2) investigate the endocrine and genetic aetiologies of these malformations, and (3) evaluate their associations with possible prenatal exposure to EDCs. A total of 2710 male newborns were explored for cryptorchidism, hypospadias and micropenis.....

^^sounds like something Ms. Ed, the unappellated eohippus, the dick inspector, should research.

Anyway.

backscatter712 (16,429 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:52 PM

1. Does that explain why there are so many Republicans?

Might be a correlation...

NYC_SKP (43,560 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:52 PM

2. Wrong forum, this should be in the gungeon...

...or, well, the muscle car/SUV forum

Do we have one of those?

How about swords and cutting weapons?

Or baking?

postulater (2,989 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:02 PM

5. Yeah, maybe I should have titled it differently.

Like: "Birth defects from pesticide use."

That might have addressed the seriousness of the problem better.

darkangel218 (788 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:55 PM

3. How small does " it " have to be to be considered micro?

JoeyT (3,646 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:31 PM

29. I was curious too and looked it up.

An erect size 2.5 deviations smaller than the mean, which is 5 inches.

Which means less than 2 inches.

jmowreader (22,111 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:14 PM

7. What micropenis is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis

"A common criterion is a dorsal (measured on top) erect penile length of at least 2.5 standard deviations smaller than the mean human penis size, or smaller than about 7cm (2 inches) for an adult when compared to an average erection of 12.5cm (5 inches)."

It may be just me, but five inches seems really small for a penis so two inches is REALLY pushing it.

The article also explains "extreme micropenis," where there is no shaft and the glans sits right on the pubic skin. Symptoms of extreme micropenis include registering Republican and owning more than one Suburban.

yellerpup (9,662 posts)  Sat Sep 15, 2012, 08:03 PM

20. I knew a woman who gave birth to a baby boy with a micropenis. Her husband had to endure so many sick jokes at his expense and all he would say was, "He didn't get it from me." She was on psychiatric drugs during her pregnancy so that's how they chalked it up. But, now that you mention it their apartment was directly under the garbage storage area. Every time the exterminator came her apartment would be swarmed with bugs, probably carrying those pesticides.

The pesticides argument seems valid to me, but so too does this boldened phrase seem equally valid.

One has to be careful with both chemicals.....and pharmaceuticals.

HiPointDem (5,838 posts)  Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:58 AM

31. kr.

i don't think this story is funny.

Well, no, it's not funny, but it sure goes a long ways in describing primitive males.

For the record, franksolich is, well, never mind.

[miskie]

Great. Now the primitives have a new medical diagnosis to cling to, and I am certain they will be expecting some form of financial compensation for their 'problem'...

[marv]

But perhaps it might explain one thing during the party conventions.

Mitt and his wife were actually seen to be kissing on the lips when she introduced him after her speech. Hmmmm, five fruitful sons.

When Obama, after his acceptance speech, when to kiss his wife, she pursed her lips, narrowed her eyes, and turned her head offering only her cheek. Hmmmm, two (who's your daddy) girls.

Okay, I know this has nothing to do with sperm or egg vitality, but conjecture is fun.......

[JohnnyReb]

I read somewhere that it's the level of a certain hormone in the woman (can't remember? which) during the second to third month of pregnancy that basically determines the male penis size....so DUmmie men with micro penis can blame their moms and the democrat moms can blame chemicals and the chemical company can blame Bush....so it's all Bush's fault...as usual.

....and which mascot has the biggest penis, a donkey or an elephant?

....and just so you know, dick and ice cream wouldn't make DUmmie wymins happy.