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[novapsyche]

Stress sparks 'male foetus death'

Slower conception 'leads to boys'

Pollution 'cuts boy baby numbers'

Pollutant affects sex chromosome

A woman's expectation of how long she will live appears to affect whether she has sons or daughters

Boy babies boost miscarriage risk

Comments

[ladyotterfae.livejournal.com]

*random tidbit*
there was a book published in the 70s (or at least, that's the date on the copy my mom had back then) that gave advice on how to better select the sex of your kid, including dietary advice, and pointed out that female orgasm favored male babies. Fascinating stuff. :)

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

That Y chromosome puts us men at increased risk for all kinds of fun stuff. We are the weaker sex, from a survival rate perspective.