Greta Thunberg uses 'shrinking penis' theory to motivate climate change deniers, Internet says 'save the girth'
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has hit where it hurts. In a cheeky swipe at climate change deniers, she highlighted scientific reports which state that pollution is causing penises to shrink.
In a new book, reproductive epidemiologist Dr Shanna Swan surmised what she had been warning for years — that shrinking penises and compromised sperm counts are linked to a certain type of plastic-enhancing industrial chemical, that contributes to pollution.
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An article by Sky News referencing the book was cited by Thunberg in a tweet where she made a point in the most amusing way possible. "See you all at the next climate strike:)" she wrote on Thursday, March 25.
See you all at the next climate strike:) https://t.co/4zgekg5gd0
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) March 25, 2021
Soon after, her tweet went viral, getting more than 300,000 likes and nearly 50,000 retweets. A number of her followers flocked to the comments section to laud Thunberg's sense of humor and encourage other people to take climate change seriously.
"Smaller rubbers mean less plastic, which means less pollution, which can help maintain our natural world to help combat climate crisis: Mother Nature is playing 10D chess," one of them said while another noted, "Just what the doctor ordered!" A third remarked, "This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen."
The next added, "Greta said 'save the girth!'" One user commented, "Miss Greta knows how to motivate" Another quipped, "Climaxe strike." A commenter tweeted, "Touché or not touché, THAT is the question."
One person said, "Hit ’em where it hurts," while another reacted with, "That might be the reason, that the cars get bigger."
Smaller rubbers mean less plastic, which means less pollution, which can help maintain our natural world to help combat climate crisis: Mother Nature is playing 10D chess.
— Richard Edenfield (@RichardEdenfie1) March 25, 2021
That might be the reason, that the cars get bigger.🤔
— Guru Mahalassma (Antifaschist) (@obenrechts) March 25, 2021
In Swan’s widely reviewed book, titled "Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, Threatening Sperm Counts, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race," the researcher shares her findings that explain how chemicals called phthalates are causing human babies to be born with malformed genitals.
Swan, who also co-authored a 2017 study that investigated the dramatic fall in sperm count among men in Western countries, talked about how these disrupters, which can be passed on through breast milk, can potentially affect babies when they are in the wombs, leading to an array of issues, such as lower IQs, premature birth, lower testosterone levels, and smaller penises.
According to her, the “existential crisis” in fertility rates is being caused by phthalates, which are used while manufacturing plastics to make them more flexible. The chemical is a pollutant that impacts the hormone-producing endocrine system, tricking the body during sexual development, her research suggests.
"Babies are now entering the world already contaminated with chemicals because of the substances they absorb in the womb," Swan writes in her book.
She said her research had found that baby boys who had been exposed to four different phthalates during their first trimester had a shorter anogenital distance (AGD), which is the distance between the midpoint of the anus and the penis. She explained: "Nobody is going to like that term, so you could use taint or gooch instead. But basically, it's the distance between the anus and the beginning of the genitals. And scientists have recognized its importance for a long time. Our work has shown that chemicals, including the diethylhexyl phthalate, shorten the AGD in males."
Another report with findings on male fertility showed that sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50% over the past 40 years, after examining 185 studies involving some 45,000 healthy men.