I want to thank you for your replies; there are at least two views here that had not occurred to me (and me at my age!). It is these types of thoughtful answers that give me the illusion that mankind isn't a complete waste after all...:-) pdxjims, although I am quite aware of what my wife went through to have our children, she would have wanted to have children (and go through the effort to have them) even if there wasn't a man on earth to help. Considering how much joy I get from my kids, I am very grateful for her sacrifice without feeling a great need to have gone through that sacrifice myself...:-) Given the drawbacks of having males around (wars, pestilance, disease, really bad manners, etc.), I can't help wonder if we may just become obsolete if someone comes up with an effective artificial insemination technique...:-/ :-) To keep this Poser related, one aspect of Poser that I've found interesting is that over the years I've used it, I've discovered those combinations of feminine characteristics that I find most attractive, and it wasn't was I expected at all. Actually what those combinations are is left as an exercise for the student...