Does it seem men are more honest about thier motivation to have kids,They want their bloodline to continue?

Question

their DNA to live on.

While women seem to say it's to benefit society or save the human race from extinction.

Answer 1

Honestly, I don't think of ME having kids as being a benefit to society or saving the American whales.  Actually that kinda takes "me" back down to an incubator and lord you know how feminist feel about that one.

When thinking why women..do we need children in general..well ya those are the reasons that pop in my head.

My motivation...idk I'll have to think on that one.  What pop's in my head is now all logical reasons...not really a true motivation.  Like DNA ect.

Edit: One of the things you learn in biology is to survive every species must have two things: adapt to it's environment(for food shelter etc), and an instinctual drive to reproduce.  Other wise the species dies and go away(cough stupid pandas).  So one could argue that every human's reason for reproduction is survival of the species.

However being the free willed, over thinking, lost between instinct emotions and logic, species humans are...the reasons stated become jaded (like passing family names) or slanted (like benefit to society)

Answer 2

because men and women are different.

Answer 3

I agree somewhat a guy usually wants a son to carry on the name . I've never heard any women say that before.

Answer 4

I haven't heard any women say that in 'real life' , usually just that they have the urge to do it and want one.

Answer 5

Huh?

I've never known a single woman who said she wanted kids to benefit society or save the human race from extinction.

Ever.

But then, most men claim all sorts of reasons for wanting kids; the bloodline one is just one of them.

Clearly, there's a biological imperative here (for most, but not all people), and the reasons come after.

Most women I've known have expressed a longing for having a baby, helping it grow, being a mom, etc.

Re: your additionals. That's strange. Perhaps it's a generational thing. That is, the whole population explosion thing puts an added pressure on people to justify adding to the population; thus, the justification is given in terms of benefiting society.

This is just a guess, as I've never heard any woman give that as her reasons. It's usually the parenting itself, that is, being a parent that woman and many men cite. (Men are more likely to talk about things like taking sons to sporting events.)

Answer 6

I have never heard a woman say that, ever. Women crave to be mothers. We are nurturers, want little ones running around, security when we get old and gray and are alone.

Answer 7

Both men and women just want to have family around them. I don't think it's for the greater good or future DNA.

Answer 8

Yeah, it does seem to be the case these days.

Answer 9

So I guess that you speak for ALL men when it comes to having children. Do you even have kids?? Have ever discussed having children with your boyfriend or husband? Will you EVER discuss having children with men? I don't think you know what your talking about....

Answer 10

I think both examples are a bit extreme and that the drive to procreate exists within both genders... its the words that represent that drive that differ, simply because the sexes differ... not a big deal imo

Answer 11

I think that motivation is stupid and pointless.  Let's say a man's family is filled with drunks, gamblers and con artists.  Does it REALLY matter if that name is passed down or not?  Who cares about that?  

Did it ever occur to you that the women are being honest in their answers as well?  And how well received do you think it would be if a woman wanted to preserve her bloodlines by giving the kids HER last name?