# Men - Would You Date Jenny McCarthy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318 "2010-04-07T20:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/41 "2010-04-07T23:55:26Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > You write that like she reads all your posts. Nah - I would’ve left off the part about dating other girls - never good to bring that up 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/42 "2010-04-08T00:40:11Z")
Are you kidding? Hell, yeah! I’d have a couple of fun-filled days of laughing my ass off at her. And, she seems to enjoy displaying her tongue skills. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/43 "2010-04-08T00:40:13Z")
No, she smokes cigarettes. I wouldn’t date any woman who smokes cigarettes, no matter who. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/44 "2010-04-08T01:53:53Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > No, she smokes cigarettes. I wouldn’t date any woman who smokes cigarettes, no matter who. Good point, that. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/45 "2010-04-08T01:56:54Z")
What are her beliefs again? A primer? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/46 "2010-04-08T02:02:44Z")
I’d change her! That’s what women try to do to men, so I’d give it a red hot go at doing it back to her. I’ve always found her physically attractive, and funny. It’s a shame she believes in something so provably wrong, but then so do 99% of people. Including me, from some people’s point of view I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/47 "2010-04-08T02:03:54Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > What are her beliefs again? A primer? She thinks vaccinations cause autism. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/48 "2010-04-08T02:06:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > She thinks vaccinations cause autism. Lol. I’ve never heard that claim before. … just to be clear It doesn’t, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/49 "2010-04-08T02:25:26Z")
Wait, she smokes? Then she’s definitely off my list. I wouldn’t even date Lenka Berkiova if she smoked. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/50 "2010-04-08T03:03:15Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Lol. I’ve never heard that claim before. > > … just to be clear > > It doesn’t, right? No. Critics claim that vaccines have somehow trigged an alleged autism epidemic. For many years vaccines had a minute preservative known as thimerosol. Thimerosol is an ethyl based mercury preservative and essentially harmless. Quite a number of studies have shown no correlation between the two. [Here’s](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008131852.htm) one of the most recent. The primary study that alleged such a connection was known as the Andrew Wakefield study and published in the Lancet. [Here’s](http://briandeer.com/wakefield-deer.htm) a huge list of flaws with the study by a well respected journalist. Essentially Wakefield alleged that somehow the MMR vaccine (which never had thimerosol) somehow trigged a gut reaction in babies that led to autism. There are many flaws with this study but the primary ones are probably a very small sample size, the fact that it was funded by lawyers and the fact that kids studied were cherry picked for the study. Oh and Wakefield patented his own version of the MMR vaccine all the while yelping loudly about the pharmaceutical companies and their supposed huge profits from vaccines. The probable cause of the rise in autism numbers is reclassification from other disorders such as learning disabilities and emotional disturbance. You can read a study about that [here.](http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/1028) McCarthy’s “advocacy” is deeply flawed on several fronts. For one thing some expects believe her son really isn’t autistic at all but has another disorder: > [@](#): > > There are dark murmurings from scientists and doctors asking, Was her son ever really autistic? Evan’s symptoms — heavy seizures, followed by marked improvement once the seizures were brought under control — are similar to those of Landau-Kleffner syndrome, a rare childhood neurological disorder that can also result in speech impairment and possible long-term neurological damage."’ > > [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1967796-2,00.html#ixzz0ghYP8tCU](http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1967796-2,00.html#ixzz0ghYP8tCU) Her essential argument is that vaccine ingredients are somehow dangerous and need to be improved. This is not true. The quantities in question are so minute as to be scarcely measureable at all. In short she’s an ill informed moron with a dangerous agenda. Thanks to people like her there have been dangerous outbreaks of contagious [illnesses.](http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/637218.html?campaign_id=rss_topStories) She needs to STFU and go away. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/51 "2010-04-08T03:06:54Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Can I remove her larynx? LOL This is my new favourite line for the week. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/52 "2010-04-08T03:07:49Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Lol. I’ve never heard that claim before. > > … just to be clear > > It doesn’t, right? Damn, what kind of firewall are you running? It must have a crazy-filter built right into it if you’ve never heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/53 "2010-04-08T03:11:16Z")
To me, she’s no different than people that believe in magic sky fairies, astrology, or chiropractors. Where do you draw the line at wacky beliefs? I thought she and Jim made a good couple, though- they seem from the outside to be well suited to each other. And I don’t think she’s had plastic surgery on her face, although Botox for sure. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/54 "2010-04-08T03:21:05Z")
> [@Electronic\_Chaos](#): > > Damn, what kind of firewall are you running? It must have a crazy-filter built right into it if you’ve never heard that before. Dunno. Don’t pay too much attention to celebrities I’m not interested in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/55 "2010-04-08T03:26:02Z")
Normally I wouldn’t consider ball gags to be a prefered sexual accessory. I would make an exception. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/56 "2010-04-08T04:03:13Z")
I think I want to change my vote. Besides, doesn’t she get high? I think I remember several hard 420 references dropped on her 3 or 4 episode sitcom a few years ago… But I’ve been wrong before. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/57 "2010-04-08T04:20:06Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Dunno. Don’t pay too much attention to celebrities I’m not interested in. 🙂 I only knew about her because someone pitted her. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/58 "2010-04-08T04:35:44Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > To me, she’s no different than people that believe in magic sky fairies, astrology, or chiropractors. Where do you draw the line at wacky beliefs? I wouldn’t date anyone who truly believed in those, either. Well, maybe if they kept those beliefs to themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/59 "2010-04-08T06:22:46Z")
Female. Wouldn’t touch her with Mean Mr. Mustard’s dick. At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that her kid never had autism to begin with and Jenny made the whole thing up (along with the ‘treatments’) for the attention. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-date-jenny-mccarthy/535318/60 "2010-04-08T12:56:44Z")
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