How would society function with only one male per generation?

Suppose an alternate reality where each human Society (country, clan, tribe, kingdom, or whatever) only give birth to one male per generation. That entire generation depend solely on that one male for reproductive purposes (and possibly, what ever sexual gratification their culture can conceive of.) It is therefore crucial to preserve the life of any male. Obviously, Gender politics cannot exist since males are too few to be considered as a class of society, and probably have no purpose or identity beyond sex and procreation and whatever is attached to that.

Please ignore biological limitations and concerns. So, assume that a man's libido is strong enough for him to fulfill his intended role. A sexual transaction would still be mutually rewarding in the same way that it is for us in the real world. There are no problems with genetic diversity etc. Biologically, everything just works.

Assume that as a historic convention, most societies are structured roughly as follows:

1. There is an upper echelon of female elders (or council). To some degree they are trusted to govern in a relatively fair manner because they are mostly post-menopausal and therefore not likely to use their power to keep sex for themselves.
2. If a male baby is born or discovered it is immediately reported. There is an immediate military operation to usher the male and its mother into protective custody.
3. The mother is publicly venerated and given an honorary seat in the council and is given extensive access to her baby for the purposes of breast feeding. There is allot of social interaction and political double speak to assure her that she has custody of her child and that she is important, but a more objective observation would be that male is in the custody of the state.
4. Men are not informed that they have a son, and if possible, they are kept ignorant and separate. There would be times where two or three men are at a sexually active age (for example: 16, 36 and 56), and they do not need to know about any other man.
5. The council writes the law for the people.
6. The council may conceivably be: democratically elected, a communist party, Appointed by a monarch, representative of noble families, a despotism or any other form of government.
7. The council keeps the males close and would generally have the power to write the schedule of men if they wanted to operate that way.

As society continues from here, the question is:

• Would men be permitted to wander around expressing themselves sexually? Or under constant rule of law to follow some schedule? Or physically confined to one room?
• Would men be able assert power by offering or withholding sex? Could he increase his own freedoms by persuading the law makers or enforcers?
• To what degree would accommodating the preferences and desires of a man be a concern for women? (not talking about sexual preferences or desires)
• Is a pre-pubic male be allowed to have normal social interactions with other children in some kind of semi-normal school-yard environment or is he completely isolated and detained by authorities?

Most importantly: Would a man be made to feel like he is the king, and that he is free to gratify himself as he sees fit, that sexually active woman are his playthings, and that all women do all they can to serve him? Or would Men be made to feel that he is the tool of all women; that he is obliged to do as he is dictated?

posted over 9 years ago

Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

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