Advances in medical science have 

allowed geneticists to map out the 

ever finer details of the mysterious 

Y chromosome. Geneticists the world

over have been astir over the recent

discoveries of the following gene loci,

which had previously been observed for 

centuries but, up to now, never been 

associated directly with genetic or 

environmental factors in the male Homo

Sapien species:

- - - - ____

   11.32 /____\ --- Testis Determining Factor (TDF)

         |____|

   11.31 |    | --- Three Stooges Appreciation

         |    |         (Curly Stimulation Factor, CSF)

 p       |    | --- Gadgetry (MAC-locus)

   11.2  |    | -\

         |    |   ] Channel Flipping (FLP)

         |    | -/

         |----| --- Catching and Throwing (BLZ-1)

   11.1  |    | --- Self-confidence (BLZ-2) (unlinked to ability)

  _ _ _ _ \--/

          /--\

   11.1  |    |     Ability to remember and tell jokes (GOT-1)

         |----| --/

         |    | --- Sports Page (BUD-E)

   11.21 |    ||--- Addiction to death and destruction movies (T-2)

         |    | \-- Air Guitar (RIF)

   11.22 |____|  \- Ability to identify aircraft (DC-10)

         |____|

 q       |    ||--- Preadolescent fascination with Arachnida/Reptilia

         |    |                                                 (MOM-4U)

   11.23 |    ||--- Spitting (P2E)

         |    | \-- Sitting on toilet reading (linked to Sports Page)

         |    |

         |____||--- Inability to express affection over the phone (ME-2)

         |    |  \- Selective hearing loss (HUH?)

         |    |   \

   12.0  |    |     Total lack of recall for dates (OOPS)

         |    |

         |    |

         |    |

  - - - - \--/

 Gender stereotyping at it's finest... 
 This was forwarded to me.
Is this how men really are? Are these 
characteristics really genetically 
linked? Are these factors related to
Nature vs. Nurture? Or are these just
culturally imposed stereotypes? 
 Although this is a comical 
description of male behavior, the 
stereotypes that it represents are 
not funny. These stereotypes negatively
effect both men and women. The effects 
of these generalized stereotypes are far
reaching indeed.