Originally Posted By: DA Morgan
redewenur wrote:
"(1) The sexual drive."

I think the first part of the problem is stopping the confusion between sex and reproduction. They were essentially the same thing at some point in the past: They are no longer connected. One can have sex without reproduction and reproduction without sex.

Yes, in the modern world a more appropriate term is 'fertility trends', which takes your point into account, and isn't restricted to describing the natural capacity for reproduction. Unfortunately, in large parts Africa and Asia where increasing population is most serious, 'natural capacity' and 'sex drive' seem to retain their dominance.

(apologies for double post)

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