Sex Education In Egypt

Hello again, blogfans!

Apparently, the state of sex ed in Egypt is in a sad state of disrepair. I just read an interesting article about a woman who gave birth to 7 children at once; 4 boys and 3 girls. What's so interesting about that? Well, according to the article, the 27 year-old woman, who had 3 daughters already, took fertility drugs because she wanted to bear a son.

Uhhhh......WHAT?

Let me get this straight; in Egypt, they're teaching that fertility drugs make it more likely that you'll have a son? Let me guess; kissing a cobra makes you more likely to get pregnant under a full moon and sleeping with a vat of hog urine under the bed will prevent conception!

Last time I checked it was men, the keepers of that elusive "Y" chromosome, who determined the gender of offspring, NOT the number of kids you can cram into that over sized Egyptian baby oven you've got there!

"Oh....you mean I didn't have to have 37 kids at once to ensure that I'd have a son?"

That's right, Ghazala!

What was so important about having a son, anyway? It's not like China, is it? You know, a place where your female children will be drowned in the commode if you've already had one? Is it important because only a male can inherit property in your backward medieval society?

That's what I thought!

I don't know who's feeding 10 mouths until they're old enough to fend for themselves, but bringing the other 6 into the world when a single boy is all that was wanted seems a little bit of overkill, don't you think?

Look, Egypt; ignorance is NOT bliss, not when it comes to this kind of stuff. Let's make sure that future potential moms know that MEN determine the sex of offspring and it doesn't matter if you have 100 of them!

Sheesh!