9/11/13

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta
Search
FOLLOW US Sign Up for Newsletters
Buy Ti c k e ts Y our Hom e Mor e LO G I N RE G I S TE R

77
Travel Deals
Health

Home

News

Sports

Health

BestOf
Politics

Events

HeardOn

Traffic

Weather
Business

Places

Auto
National

Circulars
Galleries

LatestNews

CBSTopHeadlines

CBSMoneyWatch

CNETTech

Entertainment

NEWS
Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers
September 10, 2013 1:15 PM
Like 7.9k 281

SENDUSYOURPHOTOS
Share
888

ViewComments

Atlanta(CBSATLANTA)Menwithsmall testiclesarelikelytobemorenurturingand betterfatherstotheirchildren. AnewstudyfromEmoryUniversityfindsthat menwhotendtobealovingparentalsohave

Buy Ti c k e ts Y our Hom e Mor e

smallertesticles.Theresearch,releasedtoday FO LLO W US LO G I N intheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyof Sciences,involved70menofvaryingethnicities mostwereCaucasian,fivewereAsianand 15wereAfricanAmericanwithatleastone childundertwoyearsold.

RE G I S TE R

Search

Menwithsmalltesticlesarelikelytobemorenurturingand betterfatherstotheirchildren.(Getty)

Filed Under
Health,News

Priorstudieshavesuggestedthatdecreasesintestosteronemay suppressmatingefforts,whichpotentiallychannelsamansenergy towardthecareofinfantsandmakethesemenmoreempathetic. Ourdatasuggestthatthebiologyofhumanmalesreflectsatrade offbetweenmatingandparentingeffort,saysEmoryanthropologist andstudyleadauthorJamesRilling, Thisstudyshowedthatmenwithsmallertestesexhibitedmore nurturingactivityintheirbrainswhenshownpicturesoftheirchildren. Also,separatesurveysfromtheirrespectivefemalepartnersshowed thatthesemenweremoreinvolvedintheupbringingoftheirchildren.

Related Tags
EmoryUniversity,Fathers, JamesRilling,parenting, ProceedingsoftheNational AcademyofSciences,size, smalltesticles,Study, testicles,testosterone

Featured Gallery

CelebrityCauses: StarsMakingA Difference

Iwouldntwanttosaythatmenwithlargetestesarealwaysbad fathersbutourdatashowatendencyforthemtobelessinvolvedin thingslikechangingdiapers,bathingchildren,preparingmeals, takingthemtothedoctorandthingslikethat,saidRilling.

Formoretrustedhealth newsandinformation, visitCBSAtlanta's

Thecorrelationisstrongerbetweenspermcountandspermquality andtesticlesize,Rillingexplained.Biggersize,better,healthier sperm. Largersizedtesticlesseemedtoindicatemenwhowerebuiltfor competitionwithothermentomakewomenpregnant,butnotso muchtocareforthechild.

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

1/8

9/11/13

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta
Mothersdefinitelyhavemoreofanimpactonchilddevelopment,but fathersarealsoimportantandtheirroleisunderstudied,saidRilling. Theexactmeasurementsofalargeorsmalltesticlewerenot madeclearinthestudy. Ourstudyisthefirsttoinvestigatewhetherhumananatomyand brainfunctionexplainthisvarianceinparentingeffort,saysJennifer Mascaro,wholedthestudyasapostdoctoralfellowintheRillinglab. Testesvolumeismorehighlycorrelatedwithspermcountand qualitythanwithtestosteronelevels. Bothtestosteronelevelsandtestessizewereinverselycorrelated withtheamountofdirectpaternalcaregivingreportedbytheparents inthestudy.

Like

7.9k

281

Share

888

ViewComments

FROM AROUND THE WEB

TopTen'SmallBreed'Dogs(petMD) BradandAngelina:DomesticBliss(People) 100HottestPicturesOfCheerleadersYouWill EverSee(RantSports) 7TrueStoriesOfOneNightStands(Refinery29) ThreeFeaturesWomenLoveMakeThem Hotter(YouBeauty) 4WarningSignsofaFailedRelationship
(MyDailyMoment)

WE RECOMMEND
AtlantaPimpSentencedToLifeInPrison Study:1Outof10ChildrenHaveLiversLike Alcoholics No.16UCLACopesAfterDeathOfFreshman Receiver UGAJumpsTo#9InNewAPPoll GeorgiaPSCMayGive$10KFineToAnti AbortionGroup FalconsBlowLead,UnableToComplete Comeback
Recommendedby

824 comments Leave a message...

Newest Jim Community
37 minutes ago

Share

Obama must be a great father!

Reply Share

Raigger

4 hours ago

Why do all studies of humans ignore the brain and our capacity for logical and abstract thought? We are not beholden to the size of our balls. We can be good fathers because - get this - it's the right thing to do. Oh, nope. Sorry, honey. I'd like to be a good father to our children, but I got big balls. Gotta go impregnate the secretary now...
1

Reply

Share

ElephantBallz

> Raigger

3 hours ago

LMAO

Reply

Share

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

2/8

9/11/13

Go Nads

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta
Reply Share

4 hours ago

Another ridiculous study (and waste of somebody's money) with a conclusion based on subjective criteria. How do you define what a good father is? And for what purpose? Even if the conclusion of this "study" was true what do we do with it? ... mandate testicle reduction surgery to improve the quality of fathering. Last, (1) who thinks up these hair-brained study topics, and (2) who has the balls to spend somebody else's money on it?
Reply Share

Oputz

4 hours ago

If this is true I expect to start seeing blacks going down the street with their boys in a wheel barrow like that episode of south park. the only way they know their daddy is when he's in jail and can't run away. or if they happen to run into each other while robbing the same house.
Reply Share

Christine

6 hours ago

the study is false, my man has big testicles, 5 children and he is an awesome father! Nurturing, loving, all that stuff!
Reply NutJob Share

> Christine
Reply

3 hours ago

Grampa

..come on now....the testicle implants were a success we take it....

Share

6 hours ago

Next these Democrat moonbats will be telling us that homosexual men make better mothers than heterosexual women!
1

Reply

Share

ocean

6 hours ago

Liberal Emory University Study: Women with bigger titts are better mothers.
1 Reply Share

Grampa 1

6 hours ago

and women with tighter vaginas and good oral skills make better wives!
Reply Share

Alaric Khan 1

6 hours ago

This is offensive to men with big balls.

Reply Share

MegaNads 3

6 hours ago

What is WONG with these people ?!

Reply Share
6 hours ago

ocean

> MegaNads

Liberals have a mental illness. This mental illness is the direct result of a successful brainwashing campaign that destroyed the cognitive thinking ability of the person. Liberals are Zombies speaking the same freaked out Socialism propaganda over and over again. Liberals are mind controlled unthinking Zombies. -Liberal Zombies vote Democrat.

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

3/8

9/11/13

Liberal Zombies vote Democrat.

2

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta

Reply

Share

WhoCanYouTrust

6 hours ago

And the emasculation of America continues with complete and utter garbage being spewed in the mainstream media. I guess were all supposed to turn into androgynous drone slaves that work with out question for the Rockefeller s lol... Give me a break...
Reply Scrode 1 Share

> WhoCanYouTrust
Reply

6 hours ago

its nuts!

Share

Henrietta Hicks

7 hours ago

I aint been in Alanta sense 1976 and it be a weerd place i know it. Evry mornin at 10 oclock am dey was sone kine of checken cluckin out ma winda and it caus all greef fo eveybody, So i see a study bout d!ck lenff comin ut of Alanta, i aint supprized.
1

Reply

Share

gschrank

7 hours ago

no wonder the GOP is always extolling family values

Reply Share

ElectionErection 4

> gschrank
Share

6 hours ago

This study would explain Anthony Weiner and Barack Obama.

Reply

gschrank the semenswallower

> gschrank

6 hours ago

Folks, let's look at one of the comments that this left wing POS "gschrank" has left in another blog: "i agree with the biographer. leaving out reagan's deliberate efforts to allow crack cocaine to ravage black communities and then making stiffer penalties for crack use as opposed to cocaine use (white people drug), they are painting this sh t stain in a really positive light. hopefully a more critical reagan biopic is in the works somewhere".

Typical left wing illiterate Democrank. Can't spell, can't punctuate, and totally incapable of telling the truth. And this pus sack is paid $1.50 by the Democrats to post this trash in blogs. Go into his profile to see some REAL interesting droolings out of this bedwetter. It'll stay there, since this cretin doesn't even KNOW how to spell "profile', let alone erase it...
4

Reply

Share

ElectionErection

> gschrank the semenswallower

6 hours ago

sylvy
7 hours ago

Looks like "g"s testicles "schrank" long ago. But a definite outlier for this study if he wants his children to grow up under Progressive Communism.
Reply Share

Ah come now... do you really expect people to believe that men with smaller testicles are better fathers? Scratch the 'attention getter' headline and pay attention to this news flash: PRESENT men in the lives of their children make better fathers!

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

4/8

9/11/13

to this news flash: PRESENT men in the lives of their children make better fathers!
1

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta

Reply

Share

logwarrior

7 hours ago

Unfortunately, the Beta males the study is refering to tend to be cuckolded and will be raising other men's children unbeknownst to them, thus ensuring the fatherly traits don't get passed down as often.
1

Reply

Share

kurlgrl1985

> logwarrior

7 hours ago

Ok, Dwight...
Reply logwarrior Share

> kurlgrl1985

6 hours ago

RobL_v2
7 hours ago

Who is Dwight?
Reply Share

Am I working my balls off so my taxes can pay for academic nuts to do this 'research'?
6

Reply

Share

Ken3580

7 hours ago

I would like to know how they "collected" the data. Did they make each guy drop his drawers, measure his privates with a gauge and then question his wife as to what kind of a father he was? How did they measure the wife bias? Would that skew the results? Did they factor in race, nationality or even family? Some of these "biological features" are inherrited. If they questioned several well endowed men from the same family, and they were all alcoholics, that would skew the results as well. I've taken PhD level statistics courses and I can tell you that this study is total garbage. There are so many other biologic, sociologic and cultural factors that they did not, and could not, have considered. The bottom line is, who the HELL funded this freekin useless study and why? It sure as hell better NOT have been the American taxpayer!
Reply Share

William Robert Guerra

> Ken3580

6 hours ago

Ken3580 1

not sure how endowment comes in (no pun) since endowment applies to the peni$ itself and not the attached "ball"...so they must measure the balls by circumference - but never stated what constitutes a big ball or a small ball....then they throw in sperm count and quality - meaning bad fathers blow bigger loads cause the ball holds more?!? this study is extremely scientific (sarcasm)...
Reply Share

7 hours ago

Wow! Bill Clinton must have the biggest testicles in history.

Reply

Share

jnsesq

7 hours ago

WOW! That'd make Obama the ultimate God-Father. It'd also make Michelle and Shrillary the world's worst fathers.
1 Reply Share

kurlgrl1985

7 hours ago

I suddenly feel less guilty for the thought that crosses my mind every time I see a man with a baby in a front pack.
1 Reply Share

William Robert Guerra

> kurlgrl1985

6 hours ago

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

5/8

9/11/13

William Robert Guerra

> kurlgrl1985

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta
6 hours ago

what?...you claim he must not have any balls? who cares if his balls worked good enough to create a child?
Reply Share

Hal Slusher

> William Robert Guerra

Reply Share

3 hours ago

But did they? Humm you may know your momma but daddy is always a question mark
1

kurlgrl1985

> William Robert Guerra

6 hours ago

Personally I feel that there is nothing more manly then participating in creating a child.... however taking on the mother's role takes away from his masculinity. Sorry. Even though my comment was a joke, I DO feel that this new trend is emasculating to men, and they should "just say no" to the front pack.
1

Reply

Share

William Robert Guerra

> kurlgrl1985

5 hours ago

tjpride
7 hours ago

there is a balance that we need.... we absolutely need to be "men", but we also need to show a tender side to our children and a loving side to our wives showing we are willing to "help out"....
Reply Share

90 men is not enough to be even close to statistically significant. Also, marriage is a partnership, and women are supposed to supply more of the nurturing and men more of the protection and boundaries and financial support. Having men act just like women is bad news if you happen to have sons.
3

Reply

Share

Quasi Quirky

> tjpride

7 hours ago

kurlgrl1985

there ya go.... you hit on it... the sample size was not 90 but 70, the ratio of black men is out of proportion so no adjustments were reported for their larger netherlands or their lack of responsibility due to the democratic control measures intended to control their birth rates. also out of proportion is the number of Asians who maybe we might consider to be more girly (smaller t's) than the average American male.
Reply Share

7 hours ago

Prime example of "torturing a statistic 'til it says what you want it to." Who says men are supposed to do any of those things?? Why does that make them "better fathers"??? Where is the study that says, "Men with LARGER testicles are BETTER at providing, protecting, being responsible and reliable, not crying during chick flicks, etc...etc." As a mother, all the things they listed that make men better fathers are what I consider MY responsibilities! And my big-balled husband is more than welcome to work his ass of doing the guy stuff, like bringing home bacon and knowing how to fix stuff.
6

Reply

Share
7 hours ago

Amplius Piratae Asino

This study has to have been conducted by Progressives! As if small ballz were a positive! It is a Law of Nature: big ballz and big boobz are the apex of human desire. Anybody with less is just playing catch-up through over-compensation and equivocation...
1

Reply

Share

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

6/8

9/11/13
Warren Wilson
7 hours ago

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta

This explains why I'm a better dad for the second litter than the first. You know taking steroids shrinks your nads, right?
2

Reply

Share
7 hours ago

RufusTChillblaine

The next study will explain why MOST men with black penises don't even bother to lift a finger for their children's upbringing.......right?
14

Reply

Share

Biffy Dakraker

7 hours ago

I'm sure that everyone would agree that Obama is doing a fine job raising his two daughters. Oh, and wasn't Bill Clinton just named "Father of the Year"?
4

Reply

Share

ConchaTuMadre 5 Reply

7 hours ago

so thats what the tsa has been doing, studies.

Share

Quasi Quirky

7 hours ago

sorry.... can't get past the headline to read the article. so, does it verify that the more feminine the male, the more girly he tends to the kids - and that is better.... somebody want to tell me HOW? We are already 50% women - and WE ARE NOT superior. I want football back, I want men who walk beside me street-side, I want men who want to bring home the bacon, I want men to jump my bones and make me sweat!!!! I want men who shoot bourbon and take bets, men who blow things up, men who move really really big stuff around, men who hunt and clean and know exactly how to use every inch of an animal in the wild.
10

Reply

Share

kurlgrl1985

> Quasi Quirky

Reply

7 hours ago

Glad I'm not the only one, Quasi... Guess for now we have to keep calm and carry on trying to be the women who inspire such great men.
3

Share
7 hours ago

larzo

> Quasi Quirky

Reply

Sorry, couldn't get past your first sentence to bother reading the rest of your post.
3

Share

Quasi Quirky

> larzo

7 hours ago

Seriously, yes, let me stop laughing at the guy who responded to the spelling guy monitor.... sorry.... (1) I cant be serious right now still, because of the spelling retort and (2) who could truly be so stupid or so bored that they actually take the time to read the article after seeing the headline!!!!
2 Johnny Graf 1

Reply

Share

7 hours ago

Well that explains why no black men are around to raise their own kids.

Reply

Share
7 hours ago

Keep ur hands to urself

Oh Good Lord! Now I can just hear all of the chicks lining up guys in my local club and asking to compare their gonies!
1 Reply Share

Quasi Quirky

> Keep ur hands to urself

7 hours ago

dream on, dude.

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

7/8

9/11/13

Study: Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers CBS Atlanta

LLuthor 2

dream on, dude.

Reply Share

8 hours ago

Damn, Guess I will be terrible. Dumb study.

Reply

Share

Load more comments

Comment feed

Subscribe via email

JasonGoff,Kordell StewartandCarlDukes FaceOffWithNFLPicks

DragonCon2013

RiseUpAndShop

GetOurNewsletter

News
Galleries

CBSTopHeadlines

Politics CBSMoneyWatch Entertainment CNETTech

Sports

Braves

Hawks Falcons STATS MLB NFL NBA NHL

BestOf Arts&Culture Shopping&Style Food&Drink Nightlife&Music Family& Pets Travel

O THE R CBS LO CAL CI TI E S

Other

Links&Numbers CW69

Contests&Promotions Traffic Weather

ContactUs
2013CBSLocalMedia, adivisionofCBSRadioInc. Allrightsreserved.

WAOKAM 929TheGame

Corporate
Development

AboutUs Advertise ConnectWithUs Mobile ContactUs Business WAOKGeneralContestRules 92.9TheGameGeneralContestRules

AtlantaBusinessListings
PrivacyPolicy

Restaurants Bars&Clubs Shopping ProfessionalServices

SEARCHLISTINGS

TermsofUse

EEOReport WAOKGeneralContestRules PoweredbyWordPress.comVIP

Deals

AdChoices

atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/study-men-with-smaller-testicles-are-better-fathers/

8/8