An area fertility professional stated that half of the sperm samples they get from Jamaican males are unsuitable for donation, noting that tight pants, consuming and smoking are some contributing elements.
JAMAICAN males are being urged to go away the style pattern of sporting tight pants to girls, after current revelations by a fertility professional that half of the sperm samples collected from Jamaican males are unsuitable for donation, with tight pants, consuming, and smoking among the many primary culprits.
In final week’s concern of the Sunday Observer, Caribbean Fertility Centre Clinical Director Dr Sharifa Frederick defined that to ensure that the testes to supply sperm, they want a cool surroundings. However, when males put on tight pants, she stated it causes warmth to construct up in that space and impacts the standard of sperm.
With this in thoughts, a current ballot carried out by the Jamaica Observer on Instagram requested girls if they’d ask their males to surrender tight pants since it could have an effect on their potential to get them pregnant.
The ballot acquired 716 respondents, with an amazing majority agreeing that males ought to put off the damaging trend pattern.
In their responses, a complete of 315 people, or 44 per cent of members, declared that tight pants ought to solely be worn by girls, including that they’d encourage their males to let go of the fitted look.
An further 258 people, or 36 per cent of respondents, stated that they’d additionally encourage their companion to let go of the style pattern since it’s higher for his well being.
On the flip aspect, 64 members, or 9 per cent of people, stated they’d not encourage their companion to surrender tight pants as a result of they didn’t consider that it impacts the sperm high quality.
The remaining 79 people, or 11 per cent of respondents, have been not sure of how they’d strategy the matter.
Sunday Observer readers additionally took to the feedback part of the ballot, suggesting that males ought to use tight pants as a type of contraception.
“If that is contributing to the decline in [the] inhabitants and it means girls don’t must take all of the tablets and face all the issues as a result of males gained’t get a vasectomy, then as a lot as I hate [to see it], make them put on dem tights,” one consumer reasoned.
“That feels like free contraception to me,” wrote one other consumer, whereas one other wrote, “Free contraception”.
The National Family Planning Board, an company throughout the Ministry of Health and Wellness, continues to champion the decision for Jamaicans to follow protected intercourse. The company recommends the usage of numerous contraceptives akin to condoms, oral contraception tablets, injectable contraceptives, and female and male sterilisation, amongst different strategies, to forestall being pregnant. Tight pants aren’t listed as an efficient type of contraception.
