Why is this such priority?
Because it’s one of the first things the Bible says.
“He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.”
Genesis 5:2 NKJV
https://www.bible.com/114/gen.5.2.nkjv
G-d knows what we are capable of, which is why Deuteronomy 22:5 exists.