Is There a Laziness Gene?

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Is There a Laziness Gene?

Well, if there is, I must have the super-strong version... maybe now I can get a gubmint check because my unwillingness to work has a genetic basis to it...

I'm sure there's a genetic component to laziness. Probably several genes rather than one, as is almost always the case. There will be an environmental component too though.

I am positive my ex-husband had it.

I like recreational exercise, but I've always despised manual labor. So in that sense, I'm lazy.

In today's society, that comment isn't considered sexist.

But this would be (even when I'm clearly joking): "I'm positive my ex-girlfriend had it. "

It's lame.

Maybe, I'm not looking into it far enough, because I don't find either comment to be sexist. Men can be just as lazy as women. As a matter of fact, I've heard more men say that about their exes than I have the other way around.

Not me.

There are probably genetic traits that influence laziness, but I'd put it more down to diet than anything else. The better you eat, the more energy you have, the more you feel like doing.

It must be a recessive gene, as both of my parents were not lazy. Or perhaps it skips a generation as according to my grandmother on my father’s side, my grandfather was as lazy as they come.

no, sexist would be "I am positive that it is a y-chromosome linked trait"

That'd be more sexist than your last statement. That doesn't change the fact that your last statement is still sexist.

Besides, we all know it's the X-chromosome that causes lethargy.

I suspect that the concept of laziness will be obsolete before too long, at least in the scientific community, although it will probably persist as a myth among the general public.

Every so-called lazy person I have gotten to know well has turned out to have an underlying mental condition that caused them to behave in ways that are commonly perceived as indicative of laziness.

In fact, AS is a good example of such a condition. If you search this site, you'll find lots of posts and threads about being inaccurately assumed to be lazy due to misinterpretation of AS characteristics.

Um, neither of those statements is sexist. It is not sexist to attribute a characteristic to a specific person. It would be sexist to attribute laziness to the whole male gender...

It would have been sexist if patternist said her ex had the laziness gene because he's a man. But she didn't do that. She made a statement about one particular individual, I am assuming based on her personal observation. That's not sexist.