What To Expect When You're Not Expecting

So we all know males like sex (and to be honest, now a days it's seen as sort of acceptable for women to admit that as well) but why is it that there are still so many men that die without having children? Though a majority of males who reach the age of puberty do have children, but do men's reputation and job search actually have and effect on the number of children they produce?

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It has been seen that across different societies, men have a greater "variance in reproductive success" than women do (Gray). However the pressure for males in sexual selection is much harder on males than it is on females, this in turn, obviously, leaves many males childless. In America, we look down upon anything that is seen different from normal and in this case what's different from normal are any subcultures in America that involve polygamy. Many people talk about the show Sister Wives but it's never in a positive light, usually just about how disgusting we may think it is. However in other societies, polygamy and serial monogamy are seen as socially acceptable. These two things help to bolster male reproductive success. There are even societies where the elite, or richer, males get high reproductive variance due to the fact that they either have multiple wives or many concubines, while other men in that same society can not afford such a thing and have few to none.

In some societies money may not always be a primary factor. Many men, especially in different regions of the world, can have a lower success rate at having offspring due to the fact that they might make it to puberty, but not much further. Another reason could be that they have not earned the "status and resources" needed to become a spouse and father (though yes that has to do with money of sorts) (Gray). It may not be just other societies where men are having less luck passing on their genes. I'm sure we've all seen it nowadays, men and women want to spend more time on themselves, getting  better careers, getting a better education, and of course that means that we spend more time in short-term relationships and less time thinking about starting a family (especially for women with their biological clock ticking away). Men and women have been seen to be starting families later in their lives. Not only that but due to new carcinogenic factors and just overall unfortunate circumstances, fertility has also decreased.  So moral of the story, kiddies, not all men have kids, but our population seems to be doing just fine.