Redheads Turned Down By Sperm Bank

The largest sperm bank in the world is saying no thanks to potential redheaded sperm donors.

Cryos International sperm bank has started to turn down redheaded applicants because of a lack of demand, The Telegraph reports.

The Atlantic wonders if the lack of demand could be because of the teasing redheaded children sometimes have to put up with. HuffPost reporter Katherine Bindley blogs that being a redhead is a love-hate relationship, and points out how negative feelings towards redheads is a prejudice "that dates back, globally, at least to ancient Egypt and personally, to approximately the time I started forming memories." The Atlantic also notes that the New York Times published an article about redheads being more sensitive to physical pain.

A Buzzfeed blogger can think of at least three reasons why people should have redheaded children.

But, this sort of parental selection is on the rise. Earlier in the month a Times piece noted that patients in the United States can choose sperm donors "based not only on their height, hair color and ethnicity but also on their academic and athletic accomplishments, temperament, hairiness and even the length of a donor’s eyelashes." What's next? Parents who only want children genetically programmed to make their beds?

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Comments

[Koujo Kakyuu]

07:18 PM on 11/14/2011

Red hair is so beautiful! Puzzling, really.

[IrieMoon]

11:36 AM on 09/26/2011

I come from a long line of redheads and I can't recall a time when anyone made fun of us for our hair color. Every time I have ever heard a comment about our hair is when it's being praised or the person is in envy of us. In fact I've often times been approached and asked what color I used to dye my hair. A lot of women turn very green with envy when I tell them they can't buy this color.
I feel bad for anyone who has ever had to deal with bullying or teasing because of their hair color. Redheads are a dying breed.

[frank day]

09:10 PM on 09/26/2011

The Ginger virus must be eradicated.

[IrieMoon]

08:14 AM on 09/27/2011

Someone's jealous.

[Trekkiefandom]

03:20 PM on 10/14/2011

In the words of Eric Cartman: "Gingers don't have souls."

Just kidding. My name is kenny, imagine how much I hated south park until I watched it.

[bernikitty]

11:07 AM on 09/25/2011

3 yrs ago, at the daycare my 2 youngest children attended, there was a red-headed baby girl named lily. she was the most strikingly beautiful beautiful baby girl i had ever seen. every day i would go into the nursery just to see her, there were lots of babies in the nursery but she stood out for me. IMHO redheaded, babies are gorgeous.

[Raejeanowl]

02:58 PM on 09/24/2011

Potential redheaded sperm donors? You wouldn't care to go back to school and reconsider that, would you?

[Trekkiefandom]

03:21 PM on 10/14/2011

why? Red hair is a recessive gene.

[bobcaygeon]

01:29 PM on 09/23/2011

Why should it matter? When I go to my bank and make a deposit, the teller takes my money and puts it in with all the other money. Doesn't it work that way at a sperm bank too? ;-)

[Asmodean1]

12:31 AM on 09/23/2011

Pity they didn't feature "real" red heads for the vid instead of only women that wanted to "have red hear. Even stranger is the fact - the story was about MALE SPERM DONORS not women that wanted to die their hair. W t F

[tec4 cleveland]

04:49 PM on 09/22/2011

Speaking as someone with auburn hair, that's just dumb.

[jusathot]

10:33 AM on 09/22/2011

Aah-white people.

[Cassie Fox]

11:59 PM on 09/21/2011

That's stupid. Redheads are the hottest. My boyfriend's a redhead...

[Asmodean1]

12:27 AM on 09/23/2011

I have yet to meet a redhead male that didn't have a gorgeous pubic area - equipment included.

[Cassie Fox]

01:33 AM on 09/23/2011

Yeah... um... agreed.

[Ossit]

08:21 PM on 09/21/2011

Have a great Costa Rican weekend, ARTHURANS34. All that luscious Spanish down there. Whew! Sounds like heaven.

[Marci Economidis]

08:09 PM on 09/21/2011

OMG. They don't want gingers. Someone needs to tell Catherine Tate and Doctor Who.

Queen Elizabeth I ushered in England's "Golden Age" with her red hair!

[PhineasGage730]

01:37 PM on 09/21/2011

I love the South Park episode. When Kyle tries to name successful redheads. And he only can think of Ron Howard. Hahahaha.

[PhineasGage730]

01:32 PM on 09/21/2011

The video up top alone is enough to make you cautious around reds.

[PhineasGage730]

01:32 PM on 09/21/2011

HAHAHAHAH! WOW!

Ginger's have souls!

[andee v]

12:41 PM on 09/21/2011

I'm attracted to red heads.