DISPENSARY CORNER 30 Oct 15
October 30, 2015
Polyandry solution for one child
policy crisis?
Chinese economist Xie Zuoshi
has proposed that Chinese men
share their wives - because there
aren’t enough to go around due
to the severe gender imbalance
resulting from the government
one-child policy.
It is estimated that by the
year 2020, there will be 30
million unattached bachelors, or
“guanggun” which means “bare
branches”.
Consequently Professor Xie
recommended the practical
solution of two or more men
marrying one wife, given that
studies have demonstrated that
an excess of unmarried men leads
to increased rates of crime.
Feminist reactions were
predictable, especially when the
good professor suggested men
could “buy” themselves a wife.
YES, there’s an app for that.
The proliferation of
smartphones has led to some
fascinating health applications,
and the process is still continuing.
The latest version of the
software in Apple’s iPhone, iOS9,
has expanded its offering with
a new fertility feature, which
encourages women to tell their
device when they have had sex.
Previous iterations of Apple’s
iPhone HealthKit had the facility
to track a range of personal wellbeing
measures collected from
third-party devices such as blood
glucose meters, gathering all such
information in a single place.
In the new version women
hoping to fall pregnant can also
store details of their menstrual
cycles and sexual activity, in order
to figure out the best time to
conceive.
Don’t worry - Apple assures
users that details stored in their
phones are absolutely private.
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