I clicked no, then tried to scroll down to read other stuff before voting, and it messed up my answer, so I don't know what I picked.
Honestly, out of a few stand outs, does -ANYONE- really want this sort of thing to happen to them? Guys being tied down and used as baby-batter factories for the rest of their lives (imagine what Cows go through for Milk, rather than being King of the World), and girls... like, regular pregnancy has its problems; this sort of thing would strip what bits of it are good (mostly the emotional connections between mate, self, and child), at least in my opinion. To say nothing, for both sides, of what it means to "everyone of the opposite sex". Eww. Just browsing around work makes that something I wouldn't want to agree to.
Yeah, honestly, this scenario, oft-cited as a male-power-fantasy, seems like it would be a punishment in one of the circles of Hell, for either gender. It doesn't really matter what people pick, because if it ever got that far, then humanity is screwed yes or no. Beyond being all but entirely impractical, both the society formed, health concerns, and the genetic issues involved. ... on a random note out of curiosity, what would the number be? How many men or women would need to be alive to allow for enough to reproduce to still have a variable genetic pool? I'm thinking at least somewhere in the millions, but I don't know enough about biology.
Edit: Fully read the thread now. I wonder how many people advocating for the "You need to do your duty" are opposite the gender they're talking to. I can't tell by some of the pictures, and I might be putting my foot in my mouth by assuming that it's guys talking to girls, rather than girls talking to other girls (I'm assuming the bit I caught wasn't guys or girls talking to guys, because the person "needing convincing" apparently has a magic murder bag for a uterus. XD). Probably shouldn't be making a comment that involves thinking and reading when getting off of work and going just before bed.
At the same time, yeah, I don't fucking blame anyone one, -ESPECIALLY- the girls, who would sooner kill themselves than partake in this. The reality, even if the last person is admired as a God rather than used like the cattle they would be, would be fucking -HORRIBLE- if you were a girl. Pregnancy is FUCKING HARD! And Birth is HOLY SHIT FUCKING HORRIBLE! And being expected to do that until you -couldn't- anymore? Dear God no. Even conceptually it probably -shouldn't- be appealing to most women.
As for the guys... I suppose fantasy wise, I can kinda see why it's a semi-common one, but any guy not into that sort of thing for realistic reasons, be it because of the actual logic (such as not being into it or preferring intimacy) or because it's kinda odd/gross, yeah, I don't blame them for wanting to kill themselves either. Not as -bad- for us men, but I still don't think too much of it. I doubt I'd kill myself, because dying sucks and I could certainly be worse off, but it's... eh.
Honestly, out of a few stand outs, does -ANYONE- really want this sort of thing to happen to them? Guys being tied down and used as baby-batter factories for the rest of their lives (imagine what Cows go through for Milk, rather than being King of the World), and girls... like, regular pregnancy has its problems; this sort of thing would strip what bits of it are good (mostly the emotional connections between mate, self, and child), at least in my opinion. To say nothing, for both sides, of what it means to "everyone of the opposite sex". Eww. Just browsing around work makes that something I wouldn't want to agree to.
Yeah, honestly, this scenario, oft-cited as a male-power-fantasy, seems like it would be a punishment in one of the circles of Hell, for either gender. It doesn't really matter what people pick, because if it ever got that far, then humanity is screwed yes or no. Beyond being all but entirely impractical, both the society formed, health concerns, and the genetic issues involved. ... on a random note out of curiosity, what would the number be? How many men or women would need to be alive to allow for enough to reproduce to still have a variable genetic pool? I'm thinking at least somewhere in the millions, but I don't know enough about biology.
I've actually imagined myself gender-bent. >.< That's not too weird, is it?
Edit: Fully read the thread now. I wonder how many people advocating for the "You need to do your duty" are opposite the gender they're talking to. I can't tell by some of the pictures, and I might be putting my foot in my mouth by assuming that it's guys talking to girls, rather than girls talking to other girls (I'm assuming the bit I caught wasn't guys or girls talking to guys, because the person "needing convincing" apparently has a magic murder bag for a uterus. XD). Probably shouldn't be making a comment that involves thinking and reading when getting off of work and going just before bed.
At the same time, yeah, I don't fucking blame anyone one, -ESPECIALLY- the girls, who would sooner kill themselves than partake in this. The reality, even if the last person is admired as a God rather than used like the cattle they would be, would be fucking -HORRIBLE- if you were a girl. Pregnancy is FUCKING HARD! And Birth is HOLY SHIT FUCKING HORRIBLE! And being expected to do that until you -couldn't- anymore? Dear God no. Even conceptually it probably -shouldn't- be appealing to most women.
As for the guys... I suppose fantasy wise, I can kinda see why it's a semi-common one, but any guy not into that sort of thing for realistic reasons, be it because of the actual logic (such as not being into it or preferring intimacy) or because it's kinda odd/gross, yeah, I don't blame them for wanting to kill themselves either. Not as -bad- for us men, but I still don't think too much of it. I doubt I'd kill myself, because dying sucks and I could certainly be worse off, but it's... eh.