03/12/2025
Happy International Women's Day!
Human reproduction is commonly portrayed as a gigantic marathon swimming event in which the fastest, fittest s***m wins the race and prize of fertilizing the egg.
Yet another male dominated fantasy about the creation of life.
The notion that human s***m, once ej******ed, begin a frantic race to reach the egg has completely overshadowed the real story of reproduction.
A 2020 study revealed that in fact there is a communication system between the EGG and s***m.
The egg has the ability to repel certain s***m with a molecular mechanism causing them to swim slower and also attract certain s***m by releasing a chemoattractant helping them move faster. Cervical mucus called L- Mucus helps filter out any low quality s***m…
In the study Fitzpatrick is quoted "Follicular fluid from one female was better at attracting s***m from one male, while follicular fluid from another female was better at attracting s***m from a different male…. This shows that interactions between human eggs and s***m depend on the specific identity of the women and men involved."
Once SHE makes her choice and the s***m begins to pe*****te the egg, the egg then releases a chemical response that causes all of the other s***m's heads to pop off. Yep, mass decapitation. ⠀
And to keep things in perspective, the male s***m is the smallest cell in the human body while the female egg is the largest.
📄:Fitzpatrick, J. L. et al 2020 chemical signals from eggs facilitate cryptic female choice in humans Proc. R. Soc.
P.S. this comment from the original post had me rolling: “There is sufficient population evidence to support that low quality s***m is not being repelled often enough”
I had to share this one again!
