Why are men able to generate sperm, but women are born with a set number of eggs?

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I was told all humans start as female and then the ovaries descend and become testis. Why are females limited in this capacity?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Limited or freed?

The answer is no one knows why. There are tons of theories, most of them centered around medical misogyny and the idea of a woman’s “usefulness”.

The fact is, evolution doesn’t work that way. If it doesn’t kill the whole species, it gets passed down.

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