Article / Updated 03-26-2016
When children ask why people have sex, they often hear about love and expanding on that love by starting a family. Those reasons for sex are pretty accurate, although they leave out some of the finer points. With a more mature viewpoint, it's worthwhile to consider the finer points about why people have sex.
Making babies: Biologically, people are hard-wired to have sex in order to keep the human race going.