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Originally Posted by avid  Chicup, how can you talk about things from an evolutionary biology point of view when we don't even have enough examples in western culture over ONE generation from which to gather data?
In as much as the internet allows like minded people to come together, I haven't come across even ONE triad who is living like we do. Not even ONE. So I don't think it's fair to use words like "usual", etc.
Besides which, The Red Queen is full of shit. Some guy, with some half-assed theory, decides a whole bunch of stuff, including the "fact" that homosexuals (presumably the male ones) are promiscuous, but lesbians aren't. Geez, you need a score card to keep track of which dykes are sleeping with whom with the ones I know!
He also has a whole bunch to say about women's views on monogamy, but I don't think I need to repeat them, because they're stoooopid.
I will grant, Chicup, that the kind of life I lead, the type of relationships I have, are probably more likely to be successful after reproduction has been completed. In our case, we're all done birthing babies, so we can move on to the other good stuff. |
So your real issue with with Donald Symons who authored the paper that Ridley cited where
most lesbians have fewer than 10 partners in their lifetime?
I'm also not sure whats so stupid about womens views on monogamy, I found it a very interesting chapter.
Care to elaborate?