Well I’d kind of hope robots wouldn’t -force- men to give up sperm or force a woman to be artifically inseminated somethingguy (and become pregnant) and instead ask permission for it- it’s possible in a way (that artifical insemination takes place in any case).
A part of me wonders though whether that would even be wise to use the women as ‘vessels’ given their bodies though. They’re not healthy at all it seems and I don’t think the vast majority of the women would be able to carry a fetus to full term for it to be delivered safe and sound. If a woman is not healthy it makes things complicated. (Too fat/ too thin isn’t a good idea in general and then there’s the fact that the bodies go beyond just the fat issue due to the lack of bone and everything). I suppose nutrionally with the fact they eat food from a CUP they could technically get most of the nutrients required for a baby but there’s some things you just can’t get unless you get the REAL stuff you know? Of ocurse this is the pretty far in the future so maybe?
Human beings in general are actually rather inefficient as a species when it comes to the whole making babies process even when trying for it even in places more or less healthy. Approximately 60% (or perhaps it was 40, I’ll admit I’m working on memories here- but in any case a large proportion) of pregnancies end in miscarriage today from estimates (whether the woman knows this or not, most of the time they don’t even know because it happens so early on!), and given their bodies I’m not sure many of the fetuses would make it to full term and this rate would be much higher (granted it doesn’t mean they don’t try but simply with a low success rate and thus lots of women asked? (Otherwise it enters really unfortunate implications if they’re forced) And a C-section when ready- I cannot see any of those women being able to give birth naturally which is supposed to be utterly exhausting). No-one knows what causes miscarriages in general the vast majority of the time either. It can happen to anyone and at any time even when perfectly healthy and it’s never the mothers fault when this happens because there’s no way to stop it- but given their physical bodies I kind of suspect the success rate would be even lower for them. Of course medical biology may have made leaps and bounds I guess and have actually found ways to prevent it. (How and what is anyones guess- but there’s probably multiple causes. It doesn’t help that the woman’s body literally treats a fetus like a foreign object and all though at points from what I’ve heard- like I said because of our bodies etc we’re actually vastly inefficient at the whole baby thing even when we try for it. They’re not perfect after all.)
A part of me is wondering about completely artifical wombs myself almost instead for the fetus to develop (which is very sci-fi ish in a way). But maybe not. I’m not too sure.
The make-up thing is also a pretty interesting point. Simply going through the motions perhaps it seems. Putting on make up could almost be seen as a vestigal behaviour as it were in their case! Though of course a part of it can just be feeling good too. I mean I’m a girl and all and when I get a hair cut or whatever I feel better about myself, but it’s not s if I’m thinking really “Yay! I look great and I’m going to get a partner!” It’s more of a confidence boost in the end. Which I guess… in of itself can help some people to score in it’s own weird way? I mean how tied up is that? But we can do things without thinking of them.
It can also help me get a job in an interview too. Plus how the outside world may view you? I guess so. Though of course I cared a bit more when I was a teen then I do now. Of course there’s lots of things people do because it ‘feels’ good now despite the fact that it would have originally perhaps helped spread our genes. I mean generally uh, having relations with people of the intimate nature (hahah, work round that censors) do it because it feels good for most humans- thus a benefit for humans in the past and resulted in more of the ‘sowing of seeds’ in that case (and dolphins apparently too but that’s off topic). But yeah people don’t always want the kids thing to happen hence protection- getting the feel-good bit eithout the other part as it were in that. Technically it’s sort of counterintuitive to the whole urge to the apparent ‘spread your genes dude!’ and all but it’s what happens. (Though TBH I’m not much up for the literal spreading of genes myself, not opposed but not hung up on the idea I have to. I kind of would prefer to adopt a kid if I got the right partner if adoption wasn’t so difficult to boot.)
I mean getting done up or looking a bit better can make you feel better even if your head isn’t saying anything about mating. (A girl dressed up nice somewhere is not necessarily looking for something like that, she’s quite possibly just dressed up with her friends because she’s out to have fun and wants to feel good in the process).
Certain friendship seem to exist though I guess if the guy John was talking too before meeting WALL-E is any indication. Though it just doesn’t seem like we have parental figures.
Are there people LIKE John and Mary in the end even though? I mean I know certain things as of yet would not be possible for them (if even the desire would be there which I’m kind of doubting) but you know hand-holding and all? The cute things?
A part of me thinks no though. It seems as if people look through those little screens neraly all the time. Mary has lived on the Axiom all her life it seems and is astounded by the sights of the Axiom when WALL-E breaks hers as she’s on that cart.
It seems pretty isolated- all of them completely taken with little screens on their chairs just talking to others through that (says the girl on the internet -coughs- But anyhoodle.).
But parenthood doesn’t seem to be what people are concerned about at all.