Interesting offside note from an old 1958 experiment that I recently read on attempts at raising Grouse (extremely difficult due to their ineffective immune systems), but one test batch lost all males to disease. Eventually, one of the hens took on male mating mannerisms and behaviors with the other females. The other females self-ovulated and laid unfertilized eggs. It was only during autopsy that the “male” was determined to be a female because it had convinced the researchers so well.

Biologically, males are a necessary component (under the logic of “at least one”) of dimorphic species but people really should ensure that the limiting factors aren’t largely based on primitive sexual and reproductive requirements. People just need to take better care of each other, period.