A society which does not sexually reproduce will not survive as a society. And for humans, as social animals, successful reproduction includes not just the brute fact of a baby being born, nor even the pragmatic facts of the baby being fed and clothed and housed and physically protected until they can do these things themselves; but also the social ‘reproduction’ of the child being inculcated into the values of her society. In order for a society to survive, all of these things have to happen, and on a large scale, and on a continual time frame.
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