Gandhi argued that without procreation, humanity would cease to exist.
I get that two men can't conceive children naturally, and without procreation the human race would, in theory, eventually cease to exist.
Archaic and ludicrous though this may seem today, they needed terms for so-called "deviants [who] pursued sexual pleasure without concern for procreation".
"By contrast," the court observed, "procreation by 'natural' reproduction may occur without any thought for the future".
Beyond the science, there's the fact that many social conservatives are simply opposed to giving women the ability to have sex without the possibility of procreation.
The action then switches to the other acting award recipient, Rachael Harris, here playing Linda, a Christian housewife in her 40s whose husband won't sleep with her as she's infertile and he doesn't believe in sex without the intent of procreation.
Some cultural traits are passed on because they increase biological fitness, but traits that reduce reproduction rates, such as tools or war or contraception, can also spread, and many traits, such as music trends, spread without any impact on procreation or survival.
Alaska Republican state Sen. Fred Dyson said sex without the goal of procreation is "recreation," so taxpayers shouldn't have to front the costs of frisky residents' contraception.
The Vatican doctrinal statement on human procreation may help people, within and without the Roman Catholic Church, wrestle with the moral and ethical questions raised by new technologies and new techniques.
The survey was based on a small sample of upper-class women, and shows that most of the women used contraception (primarily douching, but also withdrawal, rhythm, condoms and pessaries) and that they viewed sex as a pleasurable act that could be undertaken without the goal of procreation.
