UM: Editorial

The Detroit Free Press reports that Lazar Greenfield, a University of Michigan emeritus professor who recently resigned as president-elect of the American College of Surgeons, is defending himself against accusations of sexism over a Valentine’s Day editorial. From the report: “The editorial cited research about the mood-enhancing benefits of semen on women and said ‘there’s a deeper bond between men and women than St. Valentine would have suspected, and now we know there’s a better gift for that day than chocolates.’ Greenfield said he considered the editorial lighthearted and ‘intended to amuse readers.’ He called it ‘an opinion-piece written for a monthly throw-away newspaper, not a scientific journal.’” [Source]