[siffl]

Perhaps even more interesting in the near-future is the prospect of creating sperm, through technological means, from female cells.

The research to do this seems to be close to succeeding - see e.g. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11601-bone-stem-cells...

When researchers perfect this technique for humans, which they almost certainly will eventually, there will be no need for men at all. Women will be able to obtain lab-grown sperm from other women, and use this for fertilization.

All of these female-originating sperms will be X-chromosomed, and so in the much longer term we will see the eradication of the Y chromosome - and all the problems that arise from it.

[BriggyDwiggs42]

> so in the much longer term we will see the eradication of the Y chromosome - and all the problems that arise from it.

Jeez what did my chromies ever do to you?

[ben_w]

Colour blindness, famously. I'd have to google for any other Y-specific issues, don't know them off the top of my head.

[anal_reactor]

It's amazing that we'd rather consider eugenics than change our social norms

[inglor_cz]

Not the OP, but biology may be more amenable to change than social norms.

There is an interesting old article on Slate Star Codex touching this:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/10/society-is-fixed-biolo...

[justonenote]

gawd this is so misogynistic, some women like having men around, for whatever reason. perhaps we can keep a few around for women into that.