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My ex-gf has worked in fertility clinic and we were talking about it a lot at home. What I recall is that there are couple of reasons: siting, obesity, alcohol

by dejv 9y ago

My ex-gf has worked in fertility clinic and we were talking about it a lot at home. What I recall is that there are couple of reasons: siting, obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking among others. It is not like there is just one thing that is happening. There are speculations that another factor is high level of woman hormones in drinking water. I find it interesting that count of sperm that did label you as an infertile (or at least in problematic category) during 70s is now considered completely ok.

trophycase 9y ago
Don't forget a culture that shames masculinity
- s3nnyy 9y ago
  That is especially true in Germany. Post-Second World War education included that boys showing strength is evil. I still remember being shushed by the kindergarten teacher when I played with a banana (I used it as a pistol and made shooting sounds). That game was fine with my dad at home (we're from a different culture). I remember a couple of other things like that. For instance in school, fights between boys were shut down quickly and there were no consequences - "it was no one's fault" and violence is evil while at home my dad told me that it is the fault of the one who started fighting and it is fine to protect oneself. Content marketing for my recruiting startup from here: A more normal understanding of protecting oneself and gender roles was one of the reasons why I moved away from Germany to Switzerland. But there were other factors, too: "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in tech" https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-to-switzerland-to-work-in-it-c7ac18af4f90 https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...).
  - theonemind 9y ago
    Interestingly, in the modern US, I've heard (no children of my own) that they often consider a fight between two school kids both kids' fault, sometimes even when the target doesn't fight back, which I find ridiculous. "Sorry, kid, you shouldn't have been an attractive target for bullies."
wolco 9y ago
All of those things are found in those other regions. The high hormones in drinking water might be the most likely cause. Or it might be something really strange like chemtrails or something in the milk we all drink.

by dejv 9y ago

trophycase 9y ago

Don't forget a culture that shames masculinity

s3nnyy 9y ago
That is especially true in Germany. Post-Second World War education included that boys showing strength is evil. I still remember being shushed by the kindergarten teacher when I played with a banana (I used it as a pistol and made shooting sounds). That game was fine with my dad at home (we're from a different culture). I remember a couple of other things like that. For instance in school, fights between boys were shut down quickly and there were no consequences - "it was no one's fault" and violence is evil while at home my dad told me that it is the fault of the one who started fighting and it is fine to protect oneself. Content marketing for my recruiting startup from here: A more normal understanding of protecting oneself and gender roles was one of the reasons why I moved away from Germany to Switzerland. But there were other factors, too: "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in tech" https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-to-switzerland-to-work-in-it-c7ac18af4f90 https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...).
- theonemind 9y ago
  Interestingly, in the modern US, I've heard (no children of my own) that they often consider a fight between two school kids both kids' fault, sometimes even when the target doesn't fight back, which I find ridiculous. "Sorry, kid, you shouldn't have been an attractive target for bullies."

wolco 9y ago

All of those things are found in those other regions. The high hormones in drinking water might be the most likely cause. Or it might be something really strange like chemtrails or something in the milk we all drink.