I am wondering how many of you guys willing to participate in unprotected sex with a married woman considering she might get pregnant by you.
Leave out the child responsibility issues.
To start the answer I'll refer to the chapter "Generation Upon Generation" in Jacob Bronowski's book, "The Ascent of Man". (Ref:
Jacob Bronowski (Wikipedia);
Jacob Bronowski (Biography);
The Ascent of Man) Dr. Bronowski had access to some of the most prominent scientists of the early 20th century. From his acquaintance, and interviews, with some of these individuals and their spouses he drew some interesting conclusions:
- People, in general, are not terribly particular about who they have sex with . . . but they are VERY particular about who they have children with.
- Mental and intellectual qualities affect humans' choice of the partners who will procreate their children more than appearance, wealth, or other factors.
In other words, smart people seek out other smart people as the life partners who will bear and raise their children. As an evolutionary biologist, he used this to help explain why humankind seems to have evolved at a much more rapid pace than any of the animals.
(You can view, at least for now, the complete television program that the BBC produced from this book chapter at
Generation Upon Generation. The quotes mentioned above appear at the end of the program. The book chapter is more complete than the TV show, but there is an awesome, unadulterated video sequence of an actual childbirth at 35:00 into the program. There is a very interesting discussion of human sexual behavior at about 44:00.)
So I doubt that I would do it if all I knew was that you're a married woman wanting a baby. I'd want to know at least a little about your intelligence and personality before I knowingly impregnated you.
The other factor comes from your qualifier, "Leave out the child responsibility issues.". In one sense, that would be a fundamental requirement. I would require some kind of assurance that I don't incur legal or financial responsibility for little Theophrastus. But at the same time, simply because young Farquhar is a person - not just MY kid - I want to know that he will be raised with respect, consideration, and affection. Whether or not your husband knows the circumstances of Murgatroyd's conception, I'd want to know that both you and your husband were willing to have and support a child.
Having satisfied those two conditions I'd consider satisfying your desire for a child.