This is something I was thinking about lately. That competing for being an alpha male/reproducing is just something society has to have and encourage to exist.

This is something I was thinking about lately. That competing for being an alpha male/reproducing is just something society has to have and encourage to exist. It's like going to high school; it's boring, it's not that much fun but it's one of those things you have to do. There are three main ways society can encourage reproduction: 1) Fear. Mainly fear of appearing a loser if you don't reproduce/have sex. Peer-pressure in other words. 2) Positive reinforcement. Making sex more fun: sex-toys, apparel, Viagra, etc. 3) Eliminate alternatives. Eliminating/making illegal things that are better than sex/lead to decreased interest in sex -- like drugs that cause pleasure greater than orgasm. I was asking myself lately, "Why, stereotypical nerds, being so smart and intelligent don't have much sex?" And then it hit me: because sex's pleasure is overstated through propaganda. It's a physical activity that requires immense effort and concentration, carries a ton of risk, and doesn't offer enough in return. You know why dumbest people often have more children? Because to exert so much effort on so little in return means you have to fall into the traps of advertisement, or just do it out of culture. If you stop to think what exactly makes you want sex, you'll probably never stress over having sex again, just like you don't stress over not drinking beer if everyone's drinking it.