If humans reproduced asexually?

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

Imagine if humans never reproduced sexually in the first place.

What would society be like today?

 

I think first off, we'd be at least 3 times more advanced as a species than we are now.

This is because allot of issues surrounding sexuality would be gone.

There would also be no genders.

Imagine a human who is neither male or female?

I sure can't.

Marriage probably wouldn't exist.

 

So what do you think would happen if the human race was brought up this way?

[Pastel 7,627]

BUT SEX IS WONDERFUL

A WORLD WITHOUT SEX WOULD BE BORING

 

 

However, sexually transmitted diseases wouldn't exist anymore, which is pretty nice.

[LadyCoco 130]

Basically, iif human reproduction were asexual, all the population on earth would be only female.

There are some species, like the "Lady Lizard" and the Komodo Dragon that dont need males to make babies. Is more, in the Lady Lizard, males are extinct!

 

This also happend in some labs cockroachs during 1999.

(This article is really interesting. I recommend to read it!)

Edited May 29, 2021 by Sochy
Correct my english.

[Invincible 2,090]

Are you suggesting we split ourselves like some sort of an amoeba? That would also imply that people would be clones of their parents. Humans would be clones upon clones of the original asexually reproducing human -- there would be differences due to mutations and the like, but at the core, humans would be much more similar.

 

I'd hazard a guess and say that we'd be more advanced as a species due to the fact that instead of fighting over mates and status, we would devote more of our attention to fighting over resources - which is a struggle that translates into progress, basically.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,278]

That would make things a bit boring over time I think, people would be pretty much just like their parents in terms of appearance then I would think, what's the fun in that? Diversity! Besides, society would find plenty of other things to worry about other than sexually related things.

[BlueBrony 388]

I don't know, walking around with a little nub of me growing on my arm would be cumbersome.

In more seriousness, I think we would be a lonelier species, because we wouldn't have as strong of interconnected bonds. Overcrowding would also be an even bigger problem, because it would only take one person to reproduce.

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

Welp... I'll be right back, I gotta go pollinate myself.

Edited July 31, 2015 by Admiral Regulus

[Malinter 3,064]

Didn't work out for the Asgard very well...

[Smarts 1,620]

There would also be no genders. Imagine a human who is neither male or female?

 

That's horrible! It would be impossible to stare at a cute female's butt because there are no females, so it would be awkward!

 

I-I mean, it will be horrible because there would be no sex. And sex is great!

 

Dammit! W-what I mean to say is that it would be a boring existence!

 

Yeah, totally. That's what I meant to say.

Edited July 31, 2015 by Smarts

[Ac3xAssasin 452]

The major problem with asexual reproduction would be genetic diversity, 

 

Humans right now reproduce in a way that mixes DNA therefore making all of us pretty genetically diverse that means if a serious disease struck some people may be genetically resistant while others were not ensuring some people would survive to carry on the human race.  

 

However if we reproduced asexually we would all be nearly genetically identical meaning 0 genetic diversity, therefore if a serious disease emerged it would likely wipe out the entirety of mankind since we would all be the same and therefore share the same weakness.  

 

but splitting into smaller versions of yourself would be pretty cool 

[Shanks 10,811]

There is a very good reason why more advanced species tend to reproduce sexually and why less advanced species to reproduce asexually and it all goes down to genetic diversity. A creature can only advance and evolve so much without mixing and recombining different genetic traits from different partners meaning that it is likely impossible to have a species as advanced as humans without sexual reproduction. Human beings would be completely unrecognizable from what they are now assuming their ancestors could even evolve to that point, they wouldn't be nearly as advanced and the lack of said diversity would make them much more vulnerable to pandemics as since everyone would be genetically the same there would be less variation meaning less of a defense against disease.

[The Crimson Cross 7,532]

Lol. I think I would be worried for our genepool. 

Even still, gender plays a role in bringing up the child. Eg. Mother/Father figures. 

 

What comes to mind is the psychologist who did a test on the Comfort and Nutrition monkey parents. Interestingly it was found that some would rather starve themselves preferring the comfort over sustenance. Humans are social creatures, so I don't think we'd get very far reproducing asexually.

[Envy 5,998]

Lack of genetic diversity aside, is asexual reproduction even something we'd have a choice in? If it was an automatic process, we'd be in very big trouble. lol

[Magpie 621]

We'd probably have all died out due to a disease that we wouldn't have evolved resistance to because our genes would always be the same.  Humans probably never would have come about in the first place because we wouldn't have evolved into this.

 

Plus I'd miss out on all those cute butts!

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JIytOL-Q18 

 

lol would that be what you had in mind XD

[Grepper 3,192]

The worst part: no sex!

Just admit it, everyone.

 

The lack of genetic diversity may be a second issue...

Edited August 4, 2015 by Grepper

[Troblems 5,608]

What fun would that be?

 

More seriously, having two sets of genes helps with diversity. With humans having relatively robust life spans, as opposed to things that currently reproduce asexually, it would be for the best if this wasn't ever a thing.

[StudioUAC 62]

we would be green skinned and spit eggs out of our mouths and have the voice of Christopher Sabat idfk

 

[DND 2,354]

+ Hey, at least I won't have to worry about pregnancy pain- probably? Unless it hurts a lot ?

+ No genders! yay! Well, to an extent that's nice.

 

Yeah... no? I may not like the idea of giving birth but sex stuff is rad. Diversity is also a plus.

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JIytOL-Q18

 

lol would that be what you had in mind XD

Lol I thought of this right away when I saw this post xD.

[cider float 2,535]

Without sexual diversity we would not have even gotten to the stage of making a sharpened stick.

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

Lol I thought of this right away when I saw this post xD.

is it sad or hilarious that I find spongebob quotes to be so useful in situations like this? 

[Finia 260]

I believe there are insects who can reproduce by themself. I guess in a way you are both genders in a way. I guess there is a biological reason to why there is male and female.

 

Well atleast feminism and men's rights movement will be solved that way. Since now they are all one gender

Making both sides happy.

Edited August 4, 2015 by Finia

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

is it sad or hilarious that I find spongebob quotes to be so useful in situations like this?

I literally quote SpongeBob in almost any situation... I was doing "things" with my girlfriend and I was like... "Are you feeling it now?" xD

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

I literally quote SpongeBob in almost any situation... I was doing "things" with my girlfriend and I was like... "Are you feeling it now?" xD

can you feel it mr. krabs? art thou feeling it now mr. krabs