Dominant, aggressive women more likely to produce sons, study finds

[NewJeffCT]

Dominant, aggressive women are more likely to have sons than daughters, scientists believe.

A study in New Zealand found a possible link between high testosterone levels in women and giving birth to boys.
The findings question the idea that the sex of babies is determined by chance.

A team led by Dr Valerie Grant of the Department of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland, found a link between high levels of the male hormone testosterone in cows' wombs and their likelihood to have a bull calf.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2143744/Battleaxe-mothers-'more-likely-to-have-sons-than-daughters'.html

Don't like the Telegraph's use of "battleaxe" mothers, but I have heard this a few times now.

[EFerrari]

1. Shouldn't that be "produce bulls"?

lol

[mmonk]

2. I thought the sex was determined by the father.

[NC_Nurse]

5. Oh, why let THAT little fact ruin such a headline-grabbing theory?

;-)

[Occam Bandage]

8. It is, but most sperm don't make it (of course), and most fertilized eggs aren't

carried to term, IIRC. The environment may make a big difference as to survival rate in both.

[NewJeffCT]

10. according to the study...

women with higher levels of testosterone are more likely to have their eggs fertilized.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

12. Ahhh! So, the "aggressive" females have dominating eggs that pick and choose sperm!!!

:rofl:

That's fine!!! :rofl:

Sounds legit, to me!!!
Hell, anything's possible!

[EFerrari]

13. Except the study was of cows, not women.

:shrug:

[kimmerspixelated]

17. Me, too.

Years ago, it was common knowledge that slightly nervous or maybe self-conscious men produced girls. So then the opposite would produce boys, but really, who knows?

[karynnj]

19. True - but not that simple

The woman's chemistry can favor male or female sperm. (If you take my mom and her 7 daughters' children, we are well outside the 3 sigma range - there are far more girls than expected.)

[DiverDave]

3. huh, we have 2 boys

My wife is dominant and aggressive.
Traits I didnt know she had...till it was too late.
Ah well, my boys are great, and thats why I put up with it.

[Madam Mossfern]

4. Hmmmm...... I have three sons and one daughter

I must have had a weak moment somewhere along the way.

[readmoreoften]

6. Wow. Science is so smart. They can couple it with their lesbian/gay study

to prove that lesbian battleaxes produce more sons.

It reminds me of that "Gay Brain" nonsense that came out in the 90s from a high level eugenics organization. So did that "Gay Brothers/Twins" study. I hate these obviously simplistic and impossible studies.

What's "aggressive"? What about "passive aggressive"?

Soon we'll have a study: "nice people" have larger brains than "not-nice" people.

[YOY]

7. So far only one daughter...

She's getting decidely more aggressive though!

[Eurobabe]

9. I have two girls, so does that make me a wuss?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

14. Think of it as passing on your dominant genes

so they can fight another day!

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

11. And the bullshit, what did they say about dat?

[jackster]

15. I'm an exception

My mother is a aggressive domineering shrew of a woman whom I ashamed to call my mother but that's for a different discussion. My father is a quiet low key man who rarely says two words and is sort of an afterthought in my life and in growing up. These two produced 4 daughters and one son....

[SmokingJacket]

16. I'm very wimpy, yet I have two boys.

But I'm not especially feminine, for what that's worth. I always thought I was a bit low in female hormones, though not high in male ones.

[karynnj]

18. That's interesting HRC only had Chelsea and Michelle Obama has 2 girls

Do they have a study that links high testosterone IN WOMEN to aggressiveness.