Two points. 1) The need to reproduce is certainly evolutionary. Any species needs to reproduce to survive. If we all stop, we die. However, that doesn't mean that it's a blanket compulsion in everyone. 2) Actual reproductive choice in women is a recent development. This makes it quite difficult to study the compulsion to breed on a long view. There is another point, which is that since childbirth has become safer, the NEED to breed has become lessened in our species since maternal and infant mortality is so much reduced. I think all decisions whether to have kids or not are rooted in societal and cultural values. However, we now have the ability to choose to have one child, eight children, or no children to suit our lives and personalities.
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Date: 2015-06-18 11:17 am (UTC)I think all decisions whether to have kids or not are rooted in societal and cultural values. However, we now have the ability to choose to have one child, eight children, or no children to suit our lives and personalities.