Duh Male: Blame it on the Y

Today's entry is courtesy of Zafran who 'inspired' me in my life-long search as to find the answer why men and women are different.

I was grumbling earlier this evening about...(gee, I can't even remember why). But there we were, all around the dinner table, all talking at the same time, sounding like citizens from Babel. Can't quite sure what triggered me off, but I was telling them not to emulate certain behaviour of dear old daddy. ( Hehehe..when they are good, the are "my" darlings, when naughty.."You know your children ah...).I was muttering something about how the men in the house were really clueless about what they should be doing...and have to be told to do something for the umpteenth time.

My dear Other Half is a real classic in this department. On days when his mood tells him that it is time to help his harried wife clean the house, he will announce loudly that he will sweep the floor. I will wait for five seconds...for the next thing that happens is that "Dear..where is the broom?". I will tell him...and wait for the next five seconds..."Dear, er..where is the dustpan?"...Five seconds.."Magic mop got or not..."

You get the idea. But the end half an hour is over, I would have done the bed, and brought the laundry down...and he will still be searching all over for...that broom.

Anyway, as we were talking about genetics, Zafran said this piece of gem.
"Hey...you know Mama...you really cannot blame us...We inherited our Y chromosome from Daddy. That's why we always forget...just like him."

Ah? That's a new one. Finally he's making the connection between what he learns in bio class with real life application.

"Oh yes...and is that why you guys have short-term memories? And will only do when you are poked, prodded, pushed.? Or, each time I tell you to look for something, and it is right under your nose, you cannot see? Tsk..tsk..tsk...Males and their peripheral vision..." Whoa! I was really on a roll.


"You must understand...the male gene is shrinking...My teacher told me so. So we cannot do many things. You really must tell daddy and me what to do, over and over again." he continued.

I looked at my son incredulously. What on earth did his teacher tell him? That there is a co-relation between a male's brain with this sex chromosome?

"Really Ma..My bio teacher say so. The Y chromosome is getting....er...useless?(!)She says that is why we cannot multi-task."

Well, hooray for his Bio teacher for this wonderful revelation. Of course, my curiosity got the better of me...and so I spent some time trying to find out what this Y chromosome business is about.

To those who did not do much bio, basically we are a man or a woman because of our chromosomes. The Male species have one X and Y chromosome, while a woman is genetically made up of XX. (So boo to the men in the past who blames the wife for not giving him his male heirs...biologically, only a Man can father a man)

Anyway, here is what I found out (courtesy of Wikipedia)
and perhaps, this is what Zafran's teacher was trying to say. Apparently, the "human Y chromosome itself contains only 86 WORKING genes, compared to the 1000 WORKING genes in the X chromosomes." The Y chromosome is shrinking...and can eventually become 'genetic junk'

Hahahaha...it's that very telling? Men....tsk...tsk....tsk... It is really just in them.

Hey guys....watch out...You are going the way of the dinosaur...Hehehehehe.