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This scenario has raised the strange prospect of at least possibly six parents: genetic donors, the donor of the egg, the donor of the womb and, indeed the people who brought the child up.

On the other hand, separating reproduction from sex does not disenfranchise men entirely: we are a very long way from the Orgasmatron of Barbarella fame. Indeed, it is hard to see how cyber simulation could substitute for a fulfilling, loving and physical relationship.

Then again, it could well be that the new technologies render us more autistic: less inclined and able to communicate, and therefore happier in front of a screen rather than talking to, let alone loving, our fellow man.

We could face a scenario where the old divisions between masculinity and femininity do, indeed, cease to have any use or need.

By this time, human beings, as we know them, will have changed so dramatically that we could no longer assume we would be in a "It's Raining Men" type-world, in which women were just naturally dominant, and males the subordinate group.

More probably, it is not so much that men could be extinct, as opposed to our family lives changing dramatically.

Just as the barrier between work and leisure is eroded, so will be the barrier between retirement and work, a job for life, as well as the generational chiild/parent/grandparent storyline that we are used to.

The Scotsman

Wed 15 Sep 2004 "Women break through barrier as salaries soar "

CATRINA STEWART