Recently my mom told me she seen a clip on Good Morning America about the banning of sperm carrying the gene for red hair. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/09/19/worlds-biggest-sperm-bank-shows-redheads-to-the-door/. Cyros International, the largest sperm bank in the world, stated that sperm carrying the red haired gene were not in demand so they would not accept them anymore. Parents just don’t want a red haired baby.
Speaking as a ginger person myself I was offended by this and do not understand why Cyros would ban red headed genes. There are many perks of having red hair. First you stand out in the crowd because most people are blond or brunette making your red hair easy to pick out. Second of all you always get compliments about how beautiful your hair color is and how other people wished they had hair like yours. There are some negative effects of having red hair though. Most redheads have fair skin so they are prone to sun burning easily. There is also the old cliché that red heads have a fiery temper.
On the other hand red headed guys may have more of a problem with their hair. Growing up with red hair as a boy like my dad you often get bullied because of the color, like being called “carrot top”. Also you don’t see any of the top 100 sexiest men alive having red hair.
Ginger people are endangered in the world with only 2% of the population with natural red hair. More people in the United States have PH. D.’s, which is at 3%, than red hair. Some scientists even believe that red hair could possibly go extinct in the future because it is a recessive gene.
On a side note, I would understand why people might not want a red headed child because they would more likely stand out. But, since parents want their children to stand out by giving them weird names red hair is an easy solution. Then they won’t have to go through their lives having to spell their names.
One thing for sure is that sperm with the red hair gene is still in big demand in Ireland. At least in Ireland they don’t discriminate against you because of your hair color.
Speaking as a ginger person myself I was offended by this and do not understand why Cyros would ban red headed genes. There are many perks of having red hair. First you stand out in the crowd because most people are blond or brunette making your red hair easy to pick out. Second of all you always get compliments about how beautiful your hair color is and how other people wished they had hair like yours. There are some negative effects of having red hair though. Most redheads have fair skin so they are prone to sun burning easily. There is also the old cliché that red heads have a fiery temper.
On the other hand red headed guys may have more of a problem with their hair. Growing up with red hair as a boy like my dad you often get bullied because of the color, like being called “carrot top”. Also you don’t see any of the top 100 sexiest men alive having red hair.
Ginger people are endangered in the world with only 2% of the population with natural red hair. More people in the United States have PH. D.’s, which is at 3%, than red hair. Some scientists even believe that red hair could possibly go extinct in the future because it is a recessive gene.
On a side note, I would understand why people might not want a red headed child because they would more likely stand out. But, since parents want their children to stand out by giving them weird names red hair is an easy solution. Then they won’t have to go through their lives having to spell their names.
One thing for sure is that sperm with the red hair gene is still in big demand in Ireland. At least in Ireland they don’t discriminate against you because of your hair color.
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