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Old 05-11-2012, 03:32 PM
 
Location: PA
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As the mother of 3 boys, I agree with your theory!

Also, I run our town's soccer program, and I swear the worst coaches, in terms of being too competitive and taking the fun out the game, are fathers to all girls.
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Old 05-11-2012, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Space Coast
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Does your 'scientific' data address how personality traits influence which sperm fertilizes the egg? Because that's what determines the sex of the baby.
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Old 05-11-2012, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Denver
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Our family is living proof that your theory is wrong.....
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:17 PM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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I have had a theory about who has boys and who has girls. It's pretty much anecdotal, but I have some scientific data that backs it up.
... and that would be????

I definitely do not agree with your opinion.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:23 PM
 
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I got a kick out of this theory. As the mother of three boys, I saw myself pretty well described, but my DH is anything but passive.

And, Eresh is correct. The father determines the sex of the child.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:25 PM
 
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I have 2 boys and a girl so i'm 66.66% laid back and 33.33% competitive?

How about 100% thinking it's ballcocks.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:27 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Hogwash.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:46 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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Interesting thoughts...but I definitely don't agree.

And thinking of the U.S. Presidents, GWB had two daughters and so did BHO, and Clinton had one. I doubt many people would say all three have similar personalities, but of course I don't know them personally.

Presidents regardless of their political points of view all share one thing in common - an unquenchable thirst for power.

Not ALL presidents have daughters, but a preponderance of them do. Two termers seem to have more daughters.



Obama 2 daughters
George W. Bush - 2 daughters
Clinton - one daughter
George Bush - mixed. 4 boys 2 girls
Ronald Regan - 2 daughters 1 son
Jimmy Carter- 3 sons 1 daughter
Gerald Ford - 1 girl 3 boys
Richard Nixon- 2 daughters
Lyndon B. Johnson - 2 daughters

That's as far back as I can remember. Out of the past nine presidencies, five presidents produced only daughters.

Two term presidents - GW Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton were daughter only families. The only 2 term prez with a son was Ronald Reagan.

Statistically, there should be 51% boys and 49 % girls. (slightly more live births are male)

Presidents are not the only power driven people. I have seen this pattern among the very wealthy, successful doctors, lawyers, business professionals etc.

Others with whom I have shared this, including several doctors who I worked with when I was a nurse, agreed.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:47 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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... and that would be????

I definitely do not agree with your opinion.

Research done by Landrum B. Shettels of Columbia University, who pioneered gender selection.
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Old 05-11-2012, 04:54 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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I read a LOT of biographies of U.S. presidents.

Not one of them has ever said a word about whether or not their mother had orgasms. (That's something I'd make note of.) Sorry. Research is incomplete.
Of course not. That would be outrageous and silly. I'm not a scientist, I am a former nurse( peds, endocrinology and oncology) and I hold a degree in Sociology/ Cultural Anthro/ Psych and a minor in Family and Gender Studies. Graduate studies in the Social Sciences

But Landrum Shettels MD, a pioneer in gender selection did research at Columbia University in the 1980s, that concurs with my own observations.
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