Is it purpose of sex is for re-creation, not recreation?

Answer 1

Both.

Answer 2

There is strong mounting evidence and theory that humans have sex primarily for recreation and procreation is the by-product. Human females are the only mammals whose fertility is not signaled to male partners, our menstruation is completely separate from our ability to conceive, and only dolphins and humans have sex for pleasure. Also, the design of our organs suggests that pregnancy, while a capable function, is not the primary function. A female's vagina is several inches longer than the vast majority of men's penis', this makes it harder for sperm to reach the uterus at all. Further, the vagina's pH balance is acidic to kill off harmful materials, including sperm - a Woman's body recognizes sperm as harmful and fights it from the very beginning. The sperm that do survive are kept in the cervical pool and can only enter the uterus, through the cervix, in waves. At that point, half of the sperm move toward the wrong fallopian tube where they will die after a day or two. The egg can make itself very resistent to fertilization if the sperm are at all unviable. If fertilization does occur, there is no guarantee that implantation will. The lining of the uterus must be soft and supple to allow implantation and this happens at various, unknowable times during the month. It does not always follow ovulation by a week (which accounts for most infertility problems).

An average human female only has an 8% chance of pregnancy in any given month and the majority of successful fertilizations do not result in implantation. Even if a successful implantation (pregnancy) does occur, more than half end in a miscarriage.

A Woman could have sex every single day of the month and still not become pregnant. The ability to have sex without immediate risk or threat of infertility is what makes the males stay with the females. Other animals do not need father's to help in the raising of offspring. The men are gone shortly after orgasm. In humans they stick around, continue having sex even if the woman is not in a fertile time, and occassionally have to help raise offspring.

These are most of the current arguments for considering that we have sex primarily for pleasure and secondarily for procreation.

Peace,
Jenn

Answer 3

Sex is one of the big things that seperates us from the animals. Animals will only have sex during certain seasons and only to procreate. of course there are a couple exceptions. Monkeys masturbate. Dolphins have sex for pleasure. I am not of a christian religion but I do know a bit about them. I think anyone who wants to practice abstinence whether for religious purposes or other. more power to them. that is a mighty task to accomplish and those who do have alot more will power than most. But personally I think it would be very beneficial if as well as preaching abstinence to people you preach safe sex too. because there are too many 21 and 22 yr old women with 3 kids from 3 different dads and living off of the government because they did not graduate high school so they cannot get a carreer. just my opinion.

P.S. I do like sex for recreation. it burns calories, costs the cost of a condom, and it keeps you out of trouble like sitting around doing drugs all night and so forth. =)

Answer 4

Sex was originally for procreation and God made it fun so we would procreate.
As humans evolve in the future, we will one day order our babies from some sort of catalog, and they will grow in an artificial womb and we will just go down to the hospital and pick the baby up when it's time.
Like breast feeding, natural childbirth will become unnecessary and fewer and fewer people will be doing it (Having sex, that is).
What will happen to sex then? I'm glad it's way in the future and I won't be here to find out. Tho I must say natural childbirth is painful and the new way will be better. But will sex survive as a human body function (like the appendix) when there is no necessity for the human race to survive?
Think about that!

Answer 5

For Chinese culture will be a re-creation to elonging the purpose but actually is not. The son may continue the father's purpose but sometimes due to certain circumstances will quit the purpose. The theory will not be the same as father as body different and mind different and wishes differently.

Answer 6

There has to be purpose for everything. It's a recreation that results in pro-creation.

Answer 7

If the purpose of sex was only for recreation WHY does it
feel SOOOoooooo Gooooood?


Jimmy H

Answer 8

The evolutionary purpose of sex is procreation. The powerful reward of pleasure evolved because it guaranteed that plenty of procreation would happen.
In general, we pursue sex for the reward, not the underlying goal of reproduction. There is nothing wrong with that. System working as intended.

Answer 9

The original purpose for sex was for procreation. It is now for recreation.

Answer 10

The purpose is re-creation. Although people usually twist the oringal purpose of things.

Answer 11

Procreation