I recently read an article that taught me some interesting information about soy, namely that IT IS KILLING MY MANHOOD. I started drinking soy milk instead of cow/goat/horse milk about 8 months ago when I thought I was lactose intolerant. I have never been tested for lactose intolerance, but when my whey shakes with milk and yogurt started making me feel incredibly terrible in the stomach/ass department (perhaps more well known as gastrointestinal?), I decided to start monitoring my diet and realized that these terrible pains only were abound when I was drinking milk. A=B B=C A= I ain’t spending no money on seeing a doctor.
As I learned from this article, which I trust wholeheartedly, there exists such a thing as phytoestrogens, and there is a category of phytoestrogens known as isoflavones. I’m not sure what that means, but what this article tells me is that isoflavones are found in soy-based foods (tofu, soy milk, tofurkey, etc.). People in the study had their sperm count tested, and to quote RealJock.com (shut up), “The men in the highest soy intake group had 41 million fewer sperm per milliliter than men who ate no soy. A normal sperm count is 80 to 120 million sperm per milliliter—so those 41 million are a significant effect.”
41 MILLION FEWER SPERM. It’s almost good enough to be a new form of contraception.
Almost, but not quite.
Regular amounts of soy won’t kill all your little guys, but odds are if you are a vegetarian, you are probably consuming more soy than the average bear. You are also a cold-blooded murderer and should be ashamed of yourself. Every time you are eating soy you are killing millions upon millions of little sperms. If you’re a vegetarian, you’ve probably already killed trillions. And I bet you don’t even feel bad about it. You people make me sick. I should probably call the ASPCA.
I really like this article.
“Hot testicles are sad testicles.”
It also goes on to describe how being fat covers your boys and that KILLS your spermies. Or decreases them, whatever you want to call it I guess. But like I said, this is all from an article on RealJock and, if I figured out how to use the damn html, there should be an actual link to the article above. If you can’t see this link, it’s because I’m a damn fool and the URL can be found here:
http://www.realjock.com/article/1189
For those of you who aren’t superior buff machines like myself, realjock.com is a website that is promoted toward gay men who are into sports, fitness, and nutrition, aka healthy people. Healthy gay people. “But wait,” you interject, “why oh why are you, clearly a homosexual with an agenda, interested in your sperm count?”
To tell you the truth, I’m not really sure, but realjock seems to think that it’s important for gay men to have a high sperm count, regardless of how often they are actually trying to run around impregnating people.
I want you to go pour yourself a drink. It’s time we talk about having kids, dear. I know I’m only 20 years old, but for some damn reason, whether it be the fact that I was a camp counselor for many years or because I cannot wait to cart small screaming people to baseball games, I think about having kids and raising a family. And having dogs. Dogs are an important part of the equation but we’re talking about soybeans and babies right now, not how awesome dogs are.
As someone who cannot pass a mirror without checking himself out, I really want to have a kid of my own who looks and thinks like me. I will mold him to become a very intelligent, fitness inclined, incredibly stylish Casanova that will cure cancer and solve that damn global warming thing. That being said, he will probably hate me and be more self conscious than any single person should be, feeling he can never live up to my expectations and running away from home at the young age of 8 years and 4 months. But at least he’ll look like me.
I feel that gay men that want to raise a family have a responsibility to adopt as many children as they are capable of raising, you know, to take care of all the “mistakes” heterosexual slutty 15 year old girls create. You’ve seen the hit blockbuster Juno, don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. Her legs were wider than … well, like I said, we’re here to talk about soy beans and babies.
There is actually a multitude of options for gay men when it comes to having children. Think about it, if you happen to be “the hot one” of the couple, it’s not an insult when you say to your partner, “I think we should hire someone for me to artificially inseminate.” You get a pretty baby and your husband, Lenny McGee, is not insulted. Try that with your wife, “Uh yeah hon, I was wondering if you mind me inseminating, artificially or otherwise, your best friend Gina. She’s a lot hotter than you and is a doctor and I think that’s what our baby needs. We have to sacrifice ourselves, babe.”
There’s adoption, there’s artificial insemination, of course you can do it cheaper and just sleep with, egad, a woman, and then of course there’s those small women in India who you can pay to carry your child even though you’re a giant 300 lb. man and she weighs in at 95 lbs. and probably shouldn’t be carrying your baby, but needs to make 1,000 bucks to keep her family fed. And of course you can always steal a baby.
Oh. Wait. I forgot something, you CAN’T adopt. If you want to adopt a child as a gay parent, you probably need to run to a country like China to do so. That’s what my high school French teacher did, and while she loved her daughter, she still had to travel to China every now and then for paperwork. China is simply too far away, thank you very much!
I think conservatives are very interesting people. The general conservative consensus is that abortion is murder and that adoption by gays is wrong, yet with all the conservatives out there, it seems like there are a helluva lot of unadopted American children out there. Interesting. I guess the only proper way to act as a 15 year old pregnant girl is to drop out of school and raise the child by working at a Blockbuster (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Or you could just never have sex, but even Blockbuster employees have to get laid.
It’s relatively easy for a gay guy to marry his best female friend, get her all knocked up, and then get parental rights. It’s even easier for lesbians thanks to the fine mechanics of the turkey baster. So why is it that in a world of 150 million orphaned children that gays can’t adopt? It seems that if there are people out there who don’t want these babies aborted, they should be willing to give these kids the best shot at being adopted by a loving family as possible.
But what do I know, right? I’m just some guy with a sex blog who clearly has something against vegetarians.
Liam Reed: 1987 model, runs fairly well, few dents, starts in cold weather, no baggage, loves flea markets and canned soup. Send all hate mail, love mail, and sexual advances to withtongue@gmail.com
Comments
One of the Jeffs (One of the Jeffs) says:
(Posted August 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 am)
Hey, so I don’t mean to rain on your pride parade or anything, but we gays can adopt in Illinois. http://www.hrc.org/laws_and_elections/942.htm. Just saying.
Liamz (Liamz) says:
(Posted August 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am)
Alright, so I may have needed to omit some information to stress a point, but I want nationwide adoption, not just state. But damn you for catching my wiley ways!
And yeah Christian, I know that I may only have better chances, but I think my chances are much better if I inseminate Angelina Jolie than Rosie O’Donnell.
Sigh.
Mike Consalvo (Mike Consalvo) says:
(Posted August 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am)
Soy kills sperm? Uh-oh. You have just given the Christian conservatives another thing to rally against. Next thing you know their Supreme Court will be deciding to make soy illegal as clearly its as bad as abortion and stem cell research. Could you imagine all of the demonstrator holding signs and pictures of soy standing outside a Whole Foods Store?
There was an episode of 30 days recently in which they had a conservative living for 30 days with a gay couple and their 5 adopted kids.
Lyndiddy (Lyndiddy) says:
(Posted August 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm)
Yeap, back in Oak Park, some family friends, Brian and Robert, got a son from The Cradel and last I checked were in the process of getting a second bundle of joy since their little guy Jack needed a sibbling. I agree though, if it’s working out here I don’t see why it shouldn’t be nationwide.
Paul (Paul) says:
(Posted August 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm)
You should also consider that your reaction to the whey shakes may have to do with the relative amount of lactose you were consuming at one point, not to mention the live culture bacteria contained in yogurt can cause gastrointestinal discomfort for a month-ish in people who don’t consume it regularly (the bacteria in the yogurt will begin to colonize your colon and intestinal tract, which is a good thing).
But as for phytoestrogens, for males aside from decreasing the sperm count, the estrogenic effects on the rest of the male body isn’t very good either. (since males have very very little circulating estrogen). And in the long run, may potentially lead to increased risks of estrogen dependent cancers, such as breast cancers.
So in conclusion, getting tested for lactose intolerance isn’t a bad idea, because if you do happen to have it a test can determine if you are just intolerant of high levels of lactose or even moderate levels. Because honestly, fuck estrogen.
Duckie (Duckie) says:
(Posted August 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm)
Hey,
Great article as always. One of my favorite on the217. Nothing to add really, just wanted to say you do a great job of starting at A and ending on Z, while making a point and not seeming like some crazy man talking about gay rights.
Did that make sense? Nutshell: Great job.
Liamz (Liamz) says:
(Posted August 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 pm)
Paul, last semester I was a lactose fiend. I would eat and drink as many dairy products as possible, especially whey protein with yogurt and milk. That’s what made me realize it. I have tried regular milk since getting back to the States and I seem to be doing alright with it, but I’m much more cautious with building my shakes now. What do you study (and/or what are your hobbies) where you know so damn much about live culture bacteria in yogurt? As for fucking estrogen, I can definitely agree with you on that.
Duckie, thanks so much.
I’m glad that there are people who enjoy what I have to say, especially on the subject of sex, aka the only subject that really seems to matter.
And L-Dawg, why is it that Oak Park seems to be crawling with the homosexschulls? More power to them, though.

Christian (Christian) says:
(Posted August 2nd, 2008 at 3:49 am)
Fleisch rules Liam, as we already know at least since the incredible AMA-commercial in Austria ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM13vGjdLG0 )
great article, as always. ca’nt wait for the book haha
love ya, Christian
PS: btw, you mixed some genetic stuff in your article which I have to comment, now that I have my degree (haha): unfortunately I have to tell you that there is no certainty at all that beautiful people like you will get beautiful children. they just have maybe better chances…But if u want a clone of yourself: call me