Sperm bank to redheads: We don't want your semen

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(CBS) Keep your semen to yourself.

That's what world's largest sperm bank is telling potential donors who have red hair. The bank's director told the Danish newspaper Ekstrabladet that there simply wasn't much demand for sperm from red-headed men, the Telegraph reported.

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"I do not think you chose a redhead, unless the partner - for example, the sterile male - has red hair, or because the lone woman has a preference for redheads," Ole Schou, director of Cryos International, told the Danish paper, according to the Telegraph. "And that's perhaps not so many, especially in the latter case."

Cryos, which bills itself as the world's largest network of sperm banks, has strong demand for sperm from red-headed men only from Ireland, according to Schou.

Ten percent of the Irish population has red hair, according to the website of KQED. That's compared to 2 percent to 6 percent of the U.S. population.

Schou said the bank can afford to be picky, according to the Telegraph, because it has a waiting list of 600 guys who are ready to give donation their best shot - and because the bank has reached its capacity of 70 liters of semen.

Men typically ejaculate 2 to 6 milliliters each time, according to WebMD.

What kind of donor are sperm shoppers looking for most? According to Schou, it's guys with brown hair and brown eyes. Dr. Cappy Rothman, medical director of the California Cryobank sperm bank told CBS News that the ideal sperm donor stands six feet tall and has blond or brown hair, blue or green eyes and a "medium" complexion.

Dimples? Dr. Rothman said they're a plus.

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[whodatginger]

Aryan *******!

[parisdakar]

True, you take a lot of crap as a ginger. But it prepares you for real life a lot better.

[foo8259]

Everyone knows, real redheads are good in the sack!

[karek40]

I thought I was the only one that knew that!

[cb5commentator]

King David, Vincent van Gogh, Mark Twain and Thomas Jefferson.... redheads.

[karek40]

and I have read Jesus

[RSorge]

I was a redhead for the first 35 or 40 years. It had its advantages. I stood out and people didn't have to know my name: "Hey, Red!" The disadvantage was never tanning. A pasty skin and freckles in California was uncool. Having had convertibles and no sense as a lad, I now keep my dermatologist busy cuttiing and freezing away the skin cancers, which so far haven't included melanoma. So far, so good. And if the Danes don't want ***** from redhaired men, we redheads will always find those who do.

[sam_38]

It's not that complicated. People want a baby that looks like them. Most people on the planet have brown eyes and dark hair, only a comparative few have red hair. I would be upset if the demand were so different from population demographics.

[noname2138]

Ok. THINK. If the headline of this story read: SPERM BANK WILL NOT ACCEPT ARICAN AMERICAN SPERM, ARAB SPERM, JEWISH SPERM, GAY SPERM, HISPANIC SPERM, CHINESE SPERM, NOWEGIAN or any other group that is characterized by physical appearance(s) sperm, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? No Lucille Ball? No Sarah Ferguson, No Danny Bonaduce? etc--- This sperm bank should be shut down for playing with humanity in such a way.

[noname2138]

AFRICAN, not ARICAN...oops

[prizm1]

This is called Eugenics.

[bluemoonkaren]

********! I love redheads!!!

[Transatlantique]

Why are men depositing in sperm banks in the first place? They are cheapening themselves by doing so, and why would you want some strange whatever raising your child? If the depositors don't care, then they should charge the same premium that female surrogates charge for carrying a child, and retain full profit. Why can't men see that they are being used.