That women need men like fish need bicycles

To begin, I would like to outline what the affirmative will be trying to prove, in more detail than what I gave in my introduction. Throughout this debate, the affirmative will try and prove that women do not need men in a biological sense, social sense (that is, in the home and in the smaller community) and global sense (that is, in terms of world issues and the global community). Should the negative feel that something has been overlooked here the affirmative will be more than happy to provide reasons why women do not need men in the situation the negative provides. It is then, therefore the role of the negative to show why women do need men in these contexts, as well as any other situation the negative feels relevant. The affirmative defines the topic as follows: Women: People of the female gender in society on Earth Men: People of the male gender in society on Earth Fish need bicycles: Obviously they do not, as such this debate revolves around the fact women do not need men Firstly, I would like to direct attention to the following articles: . http://www.sciencedaily.com... . http://science.slashdot.org... To summarise the articles, scientists have found a way to create sperm cells from bone marrow, male or female. Though the research may still take 3-5 years to be ‘perfected', it does show that, theoretically, women would not need men to not only a) get pregnant, but b) continue the human race. From this method, all children born would be female (as they would have no Y chromosome), however given that the sperm can be created from women, again, there is no need for men in this situation. Observant people will also notice that in the second article I have included, there is information suggesting that there is a ‘high chance of birth defects'. This is only true however, for the current state of research. Further research could lead to these birth defects removed completely, or at the very least, reduced down to the normal amount in any other birth. Furthermore, research has been placed into being able to ‘custom designing' of children through a process known as ‘Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis' or PGD. Though this is something that clearly requires discussion within another debate, it does show an interesting point. With further research, this process could also remove birth defects from the human genome, which would then solve the problem of possible birth defects coming from sperm created in bone marrow. (Source: . http://abcnews.go.com...) Of course, it would be naï¿½ve to only focus on biological aspects in this debate, which is why the affirmative feels it necessary to bring up social aspects. Taking a look throughout history, the role of women was traditionally confined to the home. The affirmative hopes this won't be taken the wrong way, but rather to use that information to realise this point; for over 2000 years, women have been more than capable of completing any issue or job that has been required in and around the home. It is, again, therefore unnecessary for women to have men. Furthermore, evidence suggests that men are more likely to commit crime then women (. http://www.statistics.gov.uk...). Crime is, no doubt, a major problem in the current community. Without men, this would be significantly reduced, leading to a much safer community. This in turn shows yet another reason why women do not need women.