Childless couple told to try sex

[Makosuke]

Jeeze its common sense. Makes you wonder how cavepeople knew how?

Actually, cavepeople didn't seem to have any trouble at all making more cavepeople. Nor do, modern humans, monkeys, horses, mice, or spiders, all of the above but one probably not aware of exactly what produces babies.

Of course, that's not to say that people, being controlled by concious thought to a greater extent than most animals, can't be ignorant of important processes. I find it funny, though, that for all the emphasis that most extremely religious people place on "sex after marriage", that it didn't even occur to them that it was something worth trying. Or that both of them were either disinterested enough or so thoroughly indoctrinated that they never got the urge to try even without knowing about procreation.

The article did, after all, imply that they knew what sex was, just that they hadn't tried it and didn't know it was related to procreation.

 

[Frohickey]

I wonder how much of the German universal health care deutchmarks were spent all throughout those 8 years?

To think that all of this could have been avoided with a cheap and inexpensive porn video.

 

[Abstract]

hehe, just to warn you about the masturbation.

Haha, I can't take in any more stupidity in one day!!

Yeah, maybe they should masturbate.......onto each other and maybe they'll accidentally get pregnant somehow.

 

[NusuniAdmin]

Haha, I can't take in any more stupidity in one day!!

Yeah, maybe they should masturbate.......onto each other and maybe they'll accidentally get pregnant somehow.

what do you mean they'll, only one will get pregnant. Unless guys get pregnant that would be bad....

 

[Dros]

snopes.com is suspicious of the validity of the story...

snopes

 

[pinto32]

snopes.com is suspicious of the validity of the story...

snopes

......but....but.....it was on Conan....IT HAS TO BE TRUE!!!!!

 

[MongoTheGeek]

To hell with reporting the truth. lets just make stuff up.

 

[crenz]

It's true...

I just sent this to Snopes:

Re "No sex please, we're religious":

The story sounds rather incredible, but I believe it to be true. Here's some evidence:

The German magazine Focus reported about it on 13/05 (http://focus.msn.de/G/GN/gn.htm?snr=130646&streamsnr=117). The article is much more matter-of-factly than the English articles I have seen. It seems there was no elaborate testing, the couple had just visited other doctors before. At the clinic, they were immediately asked to fill in a questionnaire, and through this, it was discovered there are no organic reasons for infertility. This sounds much more plausible. Also, they claim the Medical Tribune to be their source.

The article in the Medical Tribune can be found at http://www.medical-tribune.de/GMS/bericht/wunder (in German, sorry). They cite as their source "Annika K. Schröder et al, Gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2003; 1: 197 - 199". The Journaly for Gynacological Endocrinology is published by Springer (see http://www.springerlink.com/app/hom...t&backto=linkingpublicationresults,1:109674,1 ). The article mentioned is described at http://www.springerlink.com/app/hom...rnal,3,7;linkingpublicationresults,1:109674,1 .

The abstract reads as follows:

Significance of sexual history in diagnostics for sterility
Case reports
AbstractThe interview to take patients' history for sterility treatment involves specific elements. Great importance is accorded the couple's sexual history. We report on two cases for which precise inquiry uncovered further relevant aspects concerning the couple's sterility in addition to somatic factors. In one couple, besides oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, psychogenic erectile dysfunction was also present so that sexual intercourse had never even been performed. In the second case, a couple requested sterility treatment due to secondary idiopathic sterility. However, because of an existing conflict in the partnership, treatment was denied for the time being.

So this seems to be, after all, plausible.

(emphasis is mine)

 

[wdlove]

To hell with reporting the truth. lets just make stuff up.

Your in luck, you could subscribe to the Boston Globe. Lately they are prining anything and with fact checking.

 

[MongoTheGeek]

a relevant joke...

This started out as an ethnic joke but I cleaned it up to be biblical.

Lot in the bible had a little mentioned third daughter. She wanted to marry one of the local men. On her wedding night though her mother warned her about the men of Sodom and said that her husband would try and talk her into having sex "the other place" and that she should do it under no circumstances.

All this though was make the girl wonder what the other place was and what it would be like. So after a few years of marriage she asked her husband if they could have sex "the other place".

He responded, "What? and risk having children?"