If you could define "an inborn compulsion to reproduce" as "a curiosity as to what their offspring would look/be like," then yeah, I do think that everyone has probably pondered on this at some point in their lives.
I've never wanted offspring, and I've never had any curiosity as to what form they would take.
I don't understand why people who ascribe to a commonly-held viewpoint frequently decide that everyone necessarily holds the same view, even if they don't realise it or have it only in a very limited degree. I've gotten the 'you will change your mind someday' speech from my mum on more than one occasion. Along with the 'you'll grow out of the goth phase' speech. Her inability to see that I might hold a different opinion has yet to alter the fabric of reality do that only her opinion remains.
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Date: 2015-06-18 09:36 am (UTC)I've never wanted offspring, and I've never had any curiosity as to what form they would take.
I don't understand why people who ascribe to a commonly-held viewpoint frequently decide that everyone necessarily holds the same view, even if they don't realise it or have it only in a very limited degree. I've gotten the 'you will change your mind someday' speech from my mum on more than one occasion. Along with the 'you'll grow out of the goth phase' speech. Her inability to see that I might hold a different opinion has yet to alter the fabric of reality do that only her opinion remains.