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Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @08:42PM (#37629051)
What is your goal here in this conversation?

Would you have the women stay with their abusers and their beaters so that the child can have “two parents”?

People don’t leave relationships because they’re good, safe and healthy.

Love is what helps a kid grow well and the comradery and care two adults can have for each other can be reflected into children no matter the gender of the adults who serve as examples.

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @08:59PM (#37629144)
>the comradery and care two adults can have for each other can be reflected into children no matter the gender of the adults who serve as examples.

The love between a man and a woman is unique and no other arrangement replicates it.

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:00PM (#37629151)
How so? Would you describe this uniqueness so that I may understand it?
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:18PM (#37629265)
How is AB different from AA or BB? Is this a trick question?
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:41PM (#37629378)
It's definitely not a trick question.

I'm more than confident you don't mean to imply that a child gains benefit specifically because a biological man has an outie and a biological woman has an innie and because innie and outie go together and that that's the "love" that only a man and a woman can have together in that particular "arrangement" and that, again, a child benefits from that.

So, since a child's life isn't impacted by the specific configuration that a penis and vagina can happen to join in, what do you mean?

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:01PM (#37629483)
It sure seems like a trick question, because it seems like you want me to define man and woman in a way that you can say "ha gotcha." Instead, I'm leaving the definition of man and woman to you, and only requiring that you know there is a difference. "AB" doesn't refer to the genital configuration, but it is a required component of the arrangement. Whatever a man is to you, in addition to having a penis, that's "A". Whatever a woman is to you, in addition to having a vagina, that's "B". If you don't see how that's a unique arrangement, then I'm afraid I can't continue to explain it while also assuming your interactions are in good faith.
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:27PM (#37629610)
Alright, so it's not genitals, cool, cool and it's somehow "gender"-based that makes love across genders to be interesting.

Which philosophy of thought do you follow where gender would have an impact? Is this an argument about dominant / submissive? breadwinner / caretaker? Something else?

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:34PM (#37629640)
>Alright, so it's not genitals

I said genitals is "a required component of the arrangement." It's just not the whole thing.

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:52PM (#37629741)
Ah, sorry, I misread that part, then.

Why do genitals matter?

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:02PM (#37629798)
Because it is the only combination that produces life.
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:05PM (#37629813)
Sure; but what does the ability to produce life have to do with love?
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:13PM (#37629845)
Because the production of life in a loving relationship between a man and a woman is the best way to produce life.
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by defrost on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:19PM (#37629872)
"Life" ?

Quantitatively false:

    According to the team, there are almost 20 quadrillion ants on Earth right now. That’s a 20 followed by 15 zeroes, which is a number that’s hard to really get your head around.
https://newatlas.com/science/how-many-ants-total-earth

In terms of tonnage and sheer numbers there are many many more ants than humans - clearly their method of producing life "wins".

As a quick heads up, they don't have loving two parent families.

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by Supply5411 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @12:09AM (#37630057)
Human life, I thought it was pretty obvious that we were talking about humans, since men and women can't produce ants.
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by mensetmanusman on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:25PM (#37629300)
Is evolution surprising?
Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by t-writescode on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:45PM (#37629400)
What does the physical act of having the form of sex that can produce a child have to do, at all, with what happens after that child is conceived?

Evolution only operates on "ability to live long enough and put oneself in a circumstance that enables making a baby."

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by mensetmanusman on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:52PM (#37629999)
They are strongly linked in a social organism sense to maximize gene transfer to the future.