Do women need a man to have a baby?

[Anonymous]

Because they can just have a donor

Yes women need a man to have a baby

No women don’t need a man to have a baby

[Effably]

I mean... yes? Whether the man happens at X or Y there is still one involved.

We can technically skip parts of what both men and women do. IVF in vitro fertilization is a process of handling the whole sperm meets egg bit outside and then replant it.

We are not that far from growing the human outside a body if that was a goal humanity cared about. But even if we did, we're still taking the bits from men and women and using it as a base.

A fully lab grown human, whether we exclude male or female contributions, is slowly becoming a reality and experimenting with it has been allowed quite recently.
That said if a lab copies my, a man's, DNA and genetic makeup to replicate what I do, is it absent needing me? If I copy a file on my computer to another folder, did I make that file or did I copy it? Technically both. But I think we'd be hard pressed to find someone arguing it did not rely on the original file.

[Sunrising]

Males are not now necessary for a woman to have a baby, and perhaps females won't be necessary in the near future. But it must be better to have a male/ female relationship to bring a baby into this world, and a big advantage for the child's development with opposite sex parents in a secure relationship until they become an adult.

[Nikki1989]

Yes, there, 3 to 4 minutes are usually needed.

[Sunrising]

@Nikki1989 You've obviously got a busy routine, I'm more leisurely.

[Fireguy17]

Just the end result when he rubs one out a gets it frozen.
Like a blood donor.
So yes a male has to to supply the swimmers, but not be present when she receives them.

[Anonymous]

Technically that’s still needing something from a man , even tho it’s not traditional.

[rominuser]

Obviously women need men for babies.

[PrettyBarbieDoll]

Yes! End of story

[Jeff51]

Not any more