Once again, which people? You are not talking about the millions of people who go to fertility clinics, presumably. Those people apparently genuinely want to procreate.
Any sort. Regardless of what the people actually “really want”, a case where someone’s desire for procreation maps unto a child’s wish for a doughnut in any illuminating way seems extremely implausible, because even in cases where it’s clear that this desire exists it seems to be a different kind of want. More like a child wanting to grow up, say.
Foremost about the kind of people in the context of my first comment on this issue of course, those who (try to) have sex.
I think you must have some kind of different desire classification scheme from me. From my perspective, doughnuts and babies are both things which (some) people want.
There are some people who are more interested in sex than in babies. There are also some people who are more interested in babies than sex. Men are more likely to be found in the former category, while women are more likely to be found in the latter one.
Once again, which people? You are not talking about the millions of people who go to fertility clinics, presumably. Those people apparently genuinely want to procreate.
Any sort. Regardless of what the people actually “really want”, a case where someone’s desire for procreation maps unto a child’s wish for a doughnut in any illuminating way seems extremely implausible, because even in cases where it’s clear that this desire exists it seems to be a different kind of want. More like a child wanting to grow up, say.
Foremost about the kind of people in the context of my first comment on this issue of course, those who (try to) have sex.
I think you must have some kind of different desire classification scheme from me. From my perspective, doughnuts and babies are both things which (some) people want.
There are some people who are more interested in sex than in babies. There are also some people who are more interested in babies than sex. Men are more likely to be found in the former category, while women are more likely to be found in the latter one.