Comments on: Gender, Not Race?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:39:00 +0000

My daughter and I have both been bitten. My husband, not at all. This drives me crazy because he doesn’t seem to have the same level of concern as I do. We share a wooden platform bed with wooden slats and I would love to get rid of it…but as I said, he feels this is “over reacting”. I’m quite sure if he were bitten nightly, he would feel differently. He says he’ll let me handle this, but don’t call an exterminator, and don’t throw out our bed. By the way, last summer my daughter and I battled lice and guess what – they never touched my husband. There must be something about men having too much body hair for lice OR bed bugs to bother with. Perhaps when given the choice, the little monsters will attack a nice smooth skinned child and mother and leave the hairy one alone. Signed, Wishing for more support from the unbitten one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:55:00 +0000

Darker skinned people may not show skin reactions more readily than, say, a really fair person who freckles and sunburns, etc.
But who really knows the inner workings of these little pests….
As for men and women, isn’t it possible that bed bugs would be attracted more to a woman during certain times of her cycle, thus biting her more?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:28:00 +0000

It’s not a theory it’s a fact. I was just at the exterminators office. Men are getting bit but they don’t have the same allergic reaction as women do.

By: e

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:26:00 +0000

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THIS THEORY...

first of all, blacks/latinos have more NATURAL, GENETIC RESISTANCE TO MALARIA, and are often bitten by mosquitoes less. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, a disease that only effects BLACKS (there are many diseases linked to certain genetic groups), IS CAUSED BY A CELL IN THEIR BODY THAT HELPS PROTECT THEM FROM MALARIA.

In the 17th-19th century, the south, LOUSIANA, was noted for having a much higher black/slave population, as the WHITE POPULATION WOULD DIE OUT DUE TO MALARIA, while slaves would survive more... THIS IS A KNOWN FACT.

so, certain groups resistant to malaria/mosquitoes (more but not always of course- millions of black africans die of malaria every year)., =

BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR CERTAIN groups more resistant to bed bugs.

ps... I AM HALF RUSSIAN JEWISH... (hence, "darker" though u wouldn't notice...jews are, essentially, mixed euro-middle easterners)...

my ROOMMATE WHO FLED was a "wasp", half english DESCENDED FROM PILGRIMS... though she had dark hair.

SHE REACTED MUCH worse than i, and was bit more, in a room 10 times cleaner, tidier, etc... even after cleaning up, getting rid of mattress.

By: gabriel

gabriel — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:01:00 +0000

I wonder about this myself. I, a male, am either not getting bit or not reacting whereas my girlfriend gets bit and has severe reactions. We’re both pretty fair skinned.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:40:00 +0000

I too, am the only one being bitten by bedbugs. My partner is fairer than I. I read they tend to feed on women because there is less hair to maneuver through

By: nobugs

nobugs — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:23:00 +0000

Great follow-up!

I just posted on this with a link to you, for people to join in.