Why Do We Have Sex

Sex is enjoyable, right?

What if it wasn't, though?

Finding a mate, maintaining a committed relationship, and having children at the right time are all very challenging tasks.

Wouldn't it be better to simply... create another me? Mycocepurus smithii is an asexual, exclusively female species of ant that was discovered by biologists six years ago. If the eggs are not fertilized, the queen clones herself, and all of the young will be female. Then they have a whole array of famous new ants as a bonus! Asexual reproduction is more environmentally friendly (but less enjoyable) than sexual reproduction, and sexual dimorphism, or splitting into binary sexual partners, limits the species. Sexuality is a lot of work.

Isn’t it?

Then, we have sex because?

In addition to the pleasurable feelings associated with sex, reduced stress, strengthened love ties, etc.

why?

Those issues are how evolution GETS US TO HAVE sex. That is not what I mean at all. You should explain that the answer to the question "WHY" is simple: in order to reproduce, we must engage in sexual activity. This activity involves the transfer of genes and the assurance of success. However, that is still not what we are asking for. Why, man, like?

The Smithii never become busy! She's ASEXUAL. She only duplicates herself.

WHY sex, biologically speaking? Scientists have struggled with the question of "why we have intercourse at all" for many years. Some key theories from the 1980s claim that our genetic makeup is actually beneficial and that sex allows us to get rid of bad DNA. The Red Queen hypothesis was created in a 1990s e-book and is called after the character from "Through the Looking Glass." This compares sexual evolution to racial evolution. To combat the mutations caused by other creatures, we are all evolving, and by doing so, we maintain our equilibrium. In essence, hosts and prey develop to live on parasites and predators as they do, facilitating reproduction. Having two sexes is obviously pretty inefficient when viewed in this light.

I don't want to have to find a date for Saturday as well if I'm in a race to the finish line! We don't always NEED guys, or do we? That's why they call it the "cost" of men. Despite my predisposition, I believe we will succeed.

A recent study published in Nature Genetics asserts that there is a scientific approach to this. Sharing our genetic make-up increases our attractiveness and our ability to fight sickness. Researchers compared the genomes of people from different ethnic groups using genetic data from the 1,000 Genomes Project. They found that some parts of our DNA are rewritten more frequently than others, resulting in warm and bloodless areas of genetic alteration.

When binary species, such as humans, marry, they EACH create genetic material that can allow the building blocks of genes and chromosomes to mingle and mutate in a way that is advantageous. While certain mutations benefit us, others increase our risk of contracting diseases. Unfavorable mutations appear to survive in the scarcely ever overwritten "coldspots," it turns out. Our genetic makeup "worsens, and then receives better" as a result of sexual interaction and these changes, but eventually, bad DNA is replaced. Every human offspring has 60 genetic mutations, or roughly one for every 100 million letters of DNA, according to a different lookup with the help of the 1,000 Genomes Project.

Both asexual and sexual creatures can undergo mutations, but for asexual species, the mutations must be SO GOOD that they outperform the population size, fitness, and mutation rate of the wider population. Compared to sexual organisms' repeated failures, it is significantly less likely that a single altered clone will succeed in a colony. That doesn't mean sexuality is superior; it just means success may be achieved with any other talent. Since some insects, fish, and reptiles reproduce with the exception of adult males, it doesn't appear that bacteria are the only asexual species. Binary sexuality is also not usually an easy and straightforward rule. Some even practice BOTH! Sometimes it's a long, alluring one.

This partially lifts the veil on the enigma of why we engage in sexual activity at all. Asexuality may be quicker in the end, but the DNA lottery of sexuality also offers benefits! You'll comment on this, or perhaps you have already. Why do you think we are no longer asexual from a biological standpoint? Get there and have a discussion about it.