It is a commercial advertisement for something that appears, on first glance at least, to be quackery – a non-technological set of methods for intercourse that it claims can determine the sex of any resulting fetus. And if you follow their link, you get on a page that is not entirely easy to get off of.

It has amazed me how many “spam comments” this blog attracts. I probably mark an average of five submitted comments a day as spam. Usually they have some innocuous (though often not quite right) message and a sender name or URL that show some, probably disreputable, commercial intent. Here’s an example of a “comment” sought to be added to a post about schizophrenia:

That is the suitable weblog for anybody who desires to search out out about this topic. You realize so much its nearly onerous to argue with you (not that I truly would needHaHa). You undoubtedly put a brand new spin on a subject thats been written about for years. Nice stuff, just nice!

The URL listed is URL http://newtopsellers.com/dastarjetaserviciosmedicos/

I didn’t try it, but I assume it is trying to sell something.

This is similarly commercial spam, but I think some readers might find it useful as an example of what’s out there in terms of sex selection – and, apparently, in terms of parental eagerness to engage in sex selection. But my allowing the comment to go up should NOT be read as any endorsement of their method – or of commercially driven, spam comments on blogs!