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In an important sense then, in the same way capitalists can be said to own and control the 'Means of Reproduction’, even though labour, like capital, is required to produce products for sale, so women can be said to possess and control the 'Means of Reproduction', since (at least in societies where arranged marriages are no longer widely practised) it is they who determine whom they choose to have sex with. | In an important sense then, in the same way capitalists can be said to own and control the 'Means of Reproduction’, even though labour, like capital, is required to produce products for sale, so women can be said to possess and control the 'Means of Reproduction', since (at least in societies where arranged marriages are no longer widely practised) it is they who determine whom they choose to have sex with. | ||
Yet, from a Darwinian perspective, the production of offspring is nothing less than the basic function and purpose of all organisms. In contrast, production, whether of food for self-sustenance, or products for sale in market economy, is, from a Darwinian perspective, simply the means to accumulate sufficient resources to facilitate successful reproduction. | Yet, from a Darwinian perspective, the production of offspring is nothing less than the basic function and purpose of all organisms. In contrast, production, whether of food for self-sustenance, or products for sale in market economy, is, from a Darwinian perspective, simply the means to accumulate sufficient resources to facilitate [[reproductive success|successful reproduction]]. | ||
As sociologist Pierre van den Berghe writes, from a Darwinian perspective, "the ultimate measure of human success is not production but reproduction" and "economic productivity and profit are means to reproductive ends, not ends in themselves" (The Ethnic Phenomenon:p165). | As sociologist Pierre van den Berghe writes, from a Darwinian perspective, "the ultimate measure of human success is not production but reproduction" and "economic productivity and profit are means to reproductive ends, not ends in themselves" (The Ethnic Phenomenon:p165). | ||