Gender-bender chemicals 'putting everyone at risk'As expected, the content of the article was nowhere near as horrendous and life threatening as the headline suggests. Mind you, the chemical in question apparently mimics the female hormone oestrogen and nobody wants to be a woman, right? I mean, why would you... that'd be awful.
Why do women read the Daily Mail?
I don't usually read the Daily Fail's website but sometimes its headlines are so ridiculous that, when you catch sight of one, you just have to investigate further. Like this:
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Why does ANYONE read the Daily Mail, more importantly?
And subsequent to my previous comment, I gave you an award, if you want it!(Well, you have a choice of 3 actually!)
http://www.retrochick.co.uk/2010/03/31/lovely-awards-from-lovely-bloggers/
Gender-bending is of course an inaccurate term, as these substances - if they do anything at all - cause problems such as breast cancer and fertility complications. They do not turn men into women! And you're right: it's a sensationalist headline tapping into people's ingrained stereotype that men have to be macho without a hint of so-called femininity. It's a bad time to be a man at the moment, too.
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