Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: October 29, 2025, 06:22:07 pm »My reasoning was that females are born with all the eggs they will ever have and run out of them by middle age, whereas males continuously produce new sperm for as long as they are alive, therefore females can eventually go to 5) without surgery anyway whereas males cannot, therefore the currently proposed arrangement should minimize the total number of surgeries.
If as you propose we were to let all females go to 5) without surgery while males can only go to 5) after surgery, every male wishing to go to 5) will require surgery first. Whereas if as I propose we let all males go to 5) without surgery while females can go to 5) either after surgery or after menopause, only a fraction of females wishing to go to 5) will choose the surgery route. It is even possible that zero surgeries are required, provided all females choose to wait until menopause before going to 5). This would not be possible under your proposed alternative arrangement.
If as you propose we were to let all females go to 5) without surgery while males can only go to 5) after surgery, every male wishing to go to 5) will require surgery first. Whereas if as I propose we let all males go to 5) without surgery while females can go to 5) either after surgery or after menopause, only a fraction of females wishing to go to 5) will choose the surgery route. It is even possible that zero surgeries are required, provided all females choose to wait until menopause before going to 5). This would not be possible under your proposed alternative arrangement.
