Ripe for comedy
Sometimes, medical research comes along that makes you wonder whether the research was really conducted for the benefit of the people at whom the research is targeted.
Today, I read a fascinating article from the BBC about some scientists from Scotland who’ve been working furiously on developing a pill ‘to help correct some problems in women’s reproductive health.’ The pill being developed has already passed primate studies, and will soon be ready for human trials.
This pill, which is supposed to help women, has been created to have the following effects:
It dramatically increases female desire for sex, and it decreases female appetite for food.
That’s right, to (ahem) help women out, the male scientists have made a pill to make women skinnier and more horny.
What do you think? Should we be celebrating these scientists’ pure altruism, or is there a hint that perhaps the pill isn’t really being made for women in the first place?
Today, I read a fascinating article from the BBC about some scientists from Scotland who’ve been working furiously on developing a pill ‘to help correct some problems in women’s reproductive health.’ The pill being developed has already passed primate studies, and will soon be ready for human trials.
This pill, which is supposed to help women, has been created to have the following effects:
It dramatically increases female desire for sex, and it decreases female appetite for food.
That’s right, to (ahem) help women out, the male scientists have made a pill to make women skinnier and more horny.
What do you think? Should we be celebrating these scientists’ pure altruism, or is there a hint that perhaps the pill isn’t really being made for women in the first place?
posted by The Academian | 9:12 AM
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Good post.
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