Comments on: Testicles: An Evolutionary Control Device? http://halffull.org/2004/08/15/testicles-an-evolutionary-control-device/ distributed humor Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: server_sov http://halffull.org/2004/08/15/testicles-an-evolutionary-control-device/#comment-651 server_sov Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:35:37 +0000 http://halffull.org/2004/08/15/testicles-an-evolutionary-control-device/#comment-651 <p>What women fail to understand is that such an injury rarely renders a man "childless". Natural selection cannot think, it merely cuts out any bad genes and undesirable qualities that inhibit a species' chances to reproduce. The examples mentioned do neither of those. The testicles hang outside the body simply to regulate their temperature.</p> <p>Being female, you will not understand what it feels like to be hit or kicked in the testicles, or how different it is for each individual male...</p> <p>Maybe you should leave this argument to the professionals.</p> What women fail to understand is that such an injury rarely renders a man “childless”. Natural selection cannot think, it merely cuts out any bad genes and undesirable qualities that inhibit a species’ chances to reproduce. The examples mentioned do neither of those. The testicles hang outside the body simply to regulate their temperature.

Being female, you will not understand what it feels like to be hit or kicked in the testicles, or how different it is for each individual male…

Maybe you should leave this argument to the professionals.

]]> By: izzat http://halffull.org/2004/08/15/testicles-an-evolutionary-control-device/#comment-14 izzat Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:11:07 +0000 http://halffull.org/2004/08/15/testicles-an-evolutionary-control-device/#comment-14 <p>You could apply the same logic to men who run with the bulls in Spain, or who play "Rochambeau"... yes, they're daring (or just stupid), and they may render themselves childless, and that may be okay for the rest of humanity.</p> <p>Having the testicles be susceptible to injury could also prove helpful in thwarting sexually aggressive men, although sadly, most victims of sexual aggression aren't able to take advantage of this weakness in the male anatomy, except in B-movies starring Angelina Jolie (or whoever) as a butt-kicking spandex-wearing superwoman.</p> You could apply the same logic to men who run with the bulls in Spain, or who play “Rochambeau”… yes, they’re daring (or just stupid), and they may render themselves childless, and that may be okay for the rest of humanity.

Having the testicles be susceptible to injury could also prove helpful in thwarting sexually aggressive men, although sadly, most victims of sexual aggression aren’t able to take advantage of this weakness in the male anatomy, except in B-movies starring Angelina Jolie (or whoever) as a butt-kicking spandex-wearing superwoman.

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