Education
Men, Not Women Solely Responsible For Child’s Gender -Don …As VC Restates Call To Support Research
A university don, Prof. Tamunotonye Walson Jacks, has insisted that the male factor was solely responsible for the sex of a child.
Prof. Walson Jacks stated that it was no use blaming the woman for always giving birth to female children, saying the man is to blame instead.
Jacks, a Professor of Microscopic Anatomy at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt stated this while delivering the 84th Inaugural lecture of the institution.
The lecture was titled, “Tiny Lives and Families, the Nexus Before and After Birth: Phytomedicinal Impact”.
He explained that what determines the sex of a child whether male or female was the XY chromosomes, saying what the man donates is what comes out in the long run.
According to him, “In terms of what produces the sex, whether male or female is the sex chromosome, XY. For the female it is constant, two X chromosomes. And the X is female. It is only the man that has X and Y.”
Continuing, he said, “So if the man donates Y chromosomes, the child will be a male. If the man donates X chromosomes, the child will be a female.
“The woman is constant. Her own is just X. So when men blame their wives for always giving birth to females and then they want to go and marry another person. The problem is the man, no other person. So, it is important to know that the sex of the child is dependent on the male factor.”
Prof. Jacks describes the inaugural lecture as a fulfilment of an academic, saying he attained the academic height fifteen years ago.
“If you have attained the height of a professor and you did not give an inaugural lecture, it means you are not a full professor. So, for me it’s a fulfilment.
“I became a professor in 2008. But the opportunity came only now. Every academic is a giver of knowledge and you give knowledge specifically in your area of specialisation depending on the field of study,” Jacks said.
By: Susan Serekara-Nwikhana
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