without the mans living sperm, and structure he creates; what culture is there to preserve? dont inflate your worth, both genders are equally needed.Women (who love their ethnicity) are the gate keepers of culture. Who teaches recipes, who reads fables and sing songs to children, who carries on traditions to their children?
It is women for the most part, don't be glib.
And that is easy to do when you are in a community that embraces and celebrates that, if you are not that is how things get white washed and culture dies.