News of the Weird - "Make Me a Mum"

From Chuck Shepherd's "News of the Weird" column:

Among the reality-TV series being batted around in London, according to recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and The Independent, is "Make Me a Mum," in which a woman reduces a field of men to the two whom she believes will make her the genetically best offspring. At that point, producers will inseminate the woman with sperm from both men and, using intravaginal micro technology, will attempt to record a "race" to see which sperm gets to the egg first. Said Remy Blumenfeld, the creative director for the Brighter Pictures production house, "(This show is) much more about the rule of science than the rules of attraction." [The Independent (London), 8-7-04]

All I can say is, wow. The ways in which that is messed up are too staggering to enumerate. For some poor child to be conceived as part of a televised contest... *sigh* And you thought your high school years were tough! Try having your classmates buying the DVD set documenting the "race" to conceive you.