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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by ksenzee on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:31PM (#37018405)
> we no longer need women

Most of humanity is female. Women are the majority. If we’re getting rid of one of the sexes you’d better hope not everyone gets to vote.

Seriously, the idea that women are only useful to society as baby incubators is the most jaw-droppingly sexist thing I’ve seen on this site in years.

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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by lettergram on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:39PM (#37018456)
> Seriously, the idea that women are only useful to society as baby incubators is the most jaw-droppingly sexist thing I’ve seen on this site in years.

I never said anything close to this.

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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by ksenzee on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:47PM (#37018497)
“Once this is commercialized we no longer need women” is a pretty clear statement that the only reason “we” need women is because we don’t have any other way to incubate babies. It’s what you said, whether or not it’s what you meant.
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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by lettergram on Saturday August 05, 2023 @11:09PM (#37018632)
We no longer "need" men either, we can clone with embryos. We don't "need" either, objectively -- In the sense of reproduction (which is what we were discussing).

Further, it doesn't mean I think we should create an authoritarian dictatorship where dictators control cloned slaves. You know, something I also mentioned.

I'm stating alternatives that can occur and what others will think.

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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by ravenstine on Saturday August 05, 2023 @11:22PM (#37018689)
Doesn't matter. Those who already disagree with you will pretend to not understand speaking in generalities because it's convenient for them. Obviously you said what you said in the context of reproduction.
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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by matheusmoreira on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:47PM (#37018499)
And yet I've witnessed feminists oppose effective male contraception simply because it would empower men and depower women. What do you think their opinions on artificial wombs are going to be?
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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by imtringued on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:13AM (#37020237)
Wikipedia says 101 males to 100 females.
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Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste... by ksenzee on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:36PM (#37027074)
Interesting, thanks for pointing that out. I didn’t realize the Chinese one-child policy’s effects had pushed things quite that far yet. Data here for the curious:

https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#how-does-the-sex-rat...

https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#how-many-women-are-m...

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