Lab mice fear men but not women, and that's a big problem for science

TheVerge.com ^ | April 28, 2014 | Arielle Duhaime-Ross

[afsnco]

Not a fair test. One half of a lesbian couple generally has more testosterone than wimpy male scientists.

[Secret Agent Man]

men don’t scream and get up on lab chairs when they see a mouse running around.

be clear I mean “men” not any old “genetic male”.

[G Larry]

LOL!

The plentiful cottontails on our property are considerably more skittish since I began appearing on the back deck with my often fatal, pellet gun.

Used to be they didn't much care about my presence.

[FamiliarFace]

Sounds to me like their fate was the same in either regard. No?

[MrEdd]

These are mousogynists.

[MrB]

I didn’t know they gave mousages!

[wally_bert]

99% of the time all I want is to be left alone. Fat chance. All I would like is to be left alone to play with the cameras, fool with my old jeep collection, and old TV shows.

I’m one of those people who are members of things but never interested enough to go to them.

[MrEdd]

Its why manbearpig got so exited about gerbil warming.
I predict there will be an absence of a happy ending though.

[Vigilanteman]

The end result between a professional hanging and a drawing and quartering is the same as well. The means of getting there is far different. My Dad gave them the equivalent courtesy of a professional hanging. Well, actually it was the cats who did. Most of the time.

[vpintheak]

What about sissified men, or mannish women?

[Scoutmaster]

You're priorities are in the wrong place. It's all about the children.

[JimRed]

People actually get PAID for this crap, usually with our tax dollars.

[Scoutmaster]

Not my tax dollars. I put a yellow sticky on my tax returns this year telling the IRS specifically what my tax dollars could be used for. That has to count for something, right?

[Scoutmaster]

Not my tax dollars. I put a yellow sticky on my tax returns this year telling the IRS specifically what my tax dollars could be used for. That has to count for something, right?