I am cautiously posting this here because I'm not sure what sort of responses I should even expect. I'm hoping this topic won't go down the toilet, so please, in the interest preventing Godwin Law or any other method of beating this into the ground via LoLCats (etc), please be courteous in your replies, on topic, and since it's in debates... if you're talking statistics, have proof of numbers via citations and/or links to said proof. That said, the reason for this topic was inspired by a quote I read in another topic. I didn't want to derail that topic so here is the quote:
I think it is an interesting concept and I'm not sure if we will ever get to this point (I haven't done any research on this topic so I have no scientific stuff to post here) but it sounds neat. Do you think this will be possible in the near or distant future?
Also, I don't think this should be a female only trait. I think males should also be allowed to choose when they want to reproduce. Just because women carry the child for [about] 9 months doesn't mean they are the only ones who have the right to choose when and when not to reproduce, after all... it takes two to tango and if BOTH parties involved need to be "in the mood" (so to speak) to reproduce, I think it would make things a lot simpler.
I feel the need to also point out that I am not considering preventative circumstances such as women with conditions that render them infertile (such as women whom have PCOS, Endometriosis, or have had complete hysterectomies) (PS: PCOS and Endometriosis don't automatically render women infertile but can increase difficulty to become pregnant, or increase the chance of being/becoming infertile). I do not know the male equivalent of such conditions, but I'm sure they exist.
That said, I will leave for now and let some replies accumulate.
Originally posted by Hekla
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Also, I don't think this should be a female only trait. I think males should also be allowed to choose when they want to reproduce. Just because women carry the child for [about] 9 months doesn't mean they are the only ones who have the right to choose when and when not to reproduce, after all... it takes two to tango and if BOTH parties involved need to be "in the mood" (so to speak) to reproduce, I think it would make things a lot simpler.
I feel the need to also point out that I am not considering preventative circumstances such as women with conditions that render them infertile (such as women whom have PCOS, Endometriosis, or have had complete hysterectomies) (PS: PCOS and Endometriosis don't automatically render women infertile but can increase difficulty to become pregnant, or increase the chance of being/becoming infertile). I do not know the male equivalent of such conditions, but I'm sure they exist.
That said, I will leave for now and let some replies accumulate.
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