It goes without saying that giving birth is the most essential trait of any species, so I’m confused as to why it’s such a painful process for not just humans but also many other species. I’d venture to assume that the reason as to why sex feels so good is because, if it didn’t feel good, we wouldn’t want to do it, and if we’d feel discouraged to have sex, our species would trend towards doom. So, why is it that giving birth is such a painful process if it’s inextricably tied to the instinct of proliferating our species and keeping it alive?
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Because having a big brain is more important than avoiding pain, biologically.
Also if you think humans have it bad, look at hyenas. They also have relatively large babies, but they have another quirk of their reproductive system.
See female hyenas have penises.
Ok, not exactly penises, but the clitoris grows to be a pseudopenis about the same size if not larger than the make penis. Also they have a pseudoscrotum that covers the vagina.
So instead their birth canal goes through their clit/pseudopenis. So giving birth is like pissing out a giant kidney stone.
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