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This is obviously sad where it is counter to the womens' hopes, but it would be interesting to know what the figures are for men. Previously discussed reports
by mellosouls 3y ago
This is obviously sad where it is counter to the womens' hopes, but it would be interesting to know what the figures are for men.
Previously discussed reports about the imbalances in dating market dynamics (a significant number of young males being without sexual partners) would imply potentially more childless men, but they aren't mentioned here.
- PaulHoule 3y agoWomen are the limiting factor in reproduction. Potentially a man could donate his sperm to a sperm bank and father thousands of children, a woman takes a minimum of 9 months and probably needs some downtime and it all has a big physiological impact. The reason why women have always born the brunt of efforts to regulate sexuality is because if you control 90% of the women you control 90% of the reproductive capacity, if you control 90% of the men that last 10% could impregnate all the women. This classic covers the social breakdown and feeling of crisis in the 1970s https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nothing-Works-Anthropology-Original-ebook/dp/B004BA5GKO/ https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nothing-Works-Anthropology-Origin... (which we are doomed to feel the echos of from time to time sense then) but also has a good review of how different cultures have regulated sexuality from time to time such as the gay-positive Mesopotamians who were contemporaneous with the ancient Hebrews who definitely were not.