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why do most women feel the need to have children?

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sometimes i want a child, then i don't really see the point. there are plenty of teenagers to keep the human race alive.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I'm still trying to figure this out myself; I for one don't have the need or want to have children

  • 1 decade ago

    It's in the human genes. Some call it the motherhood instinct. At the end of the day, the human race wants to survive, and this is done by ensuring that humans "want" to reproduce. It's not restricted to women; even men feel the need to have children.

  • 1 decade ago

    i don't like kids, i'm 24 and married, i don't want kids for a while, i love my nieces and nephew but can't stand other people children, i feel like having children is like having apart of yourself still be here even after your gone, plus i feel like i would missing out on a very important life experience

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because the human race wouldn't last long if you didn't have children....

    Are you serious?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    survival of the species? Men are also driven to have heirs.

  • 1 decade ago

    Biology, we were meant to produce.

  • 1 decade ago

    because that's all they are put on this earth to do...

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