| R. Robin Baker's _Sperm Wars_ is a popular science book that explains why humans have such confusing sex lives. Why do humans engage in bisexuality, orgies, prostitution, rape, adultery, orgasms, private masturbation (but public condemnation of masturbation), and marriage? The most important theme of the book is the biological usefulness of infidelity. Bisexuality is a favorable adaptation if it is rare in a community. Both male and female masturbation have profound impacts on fertility. The instinct to perform oral sex occurs in many animal species because it tends to improve the chance of having viable children. More primitive animals, such as lions, deal with infidelity in a straightforward manner. The human female reproductive system is an environment evolved to serve as a battleground for competing armies of sperm. http://www.amazon.com/Sperm-Wars-Infidelity-Conflict-Bedroom/dp/1560258489 See also: Human sperm competition: ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of masturbation Animal Behaviour, Volume 46, Issue 5, November 1993, Pages 861-885 R. Robin Baker, Mark A. Bellis Human sperm competition: ejaculate manipulation by females and a function for the female orgasm Animal Behaviour, Volume 46, Issue 5, November 1993, Pages 887-909 R. Robin Baker, Mark A. Bellis How shocked did I feel when I read this book about the centrality of infidelity to human sexual instincts? |
formosanSep 9, 2009 8:50 AM
It is not enough for humans to have multiple sex partners. The humans who have multiple sex partners openly gain no reproductive advantage. That makes no sense whatsoever. Care to explain why? Also, it sounds very Lamarckian, all that. "Humans commit adultery because many of our ancestors who did so had more viable children than people who did not" in particular. |
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Humans commit adultery because many of our ancestors who did so had more viable children than people who did not. Substitute almost any practice (e.g. rape, murder of step-children, orgies, bisexuality, prostitution, etc.) for "adultery" and the previous sentence is still true (according to Baker). Homosexuality is an exception; while a bisexual minority has a reproductive advantage, homosexuals do not. I feel this is completely wrong, back in the days (and in current times too), adultery was committed in order to have high psychological impact (and just for the mere fun of it). |
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| R. Robin Baker is clearly a fucking idiot, a published fucking idiot, but an idiot all the same. |
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| She covered the topic of adultery realistically but the promotion of it is just wrong. Fidelity of a couple is one thing that leads to a good marriage and this aspect leads to other things like trust etc. Deception is the worst form in any type of relationship. If the summary of the infedility topic is true in essence then it is wrong. Facts, yes but should have covered it more leniently, not as if she is promoting that aspect. |
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| Stephen Jay Gould said it better than I could ever hope to, so I'm not going to even bother paraphrasing. Stephen Jay Gould said: Evolutionary psychology could, in my view, become a fruitful science by replacing its current penchant for narrow, and often barren, speculation with respect for the pluralistic range of available alternatives that are just as evolutionary in status, more probable in actual occurrence, and not limited to the blinkered view that evolutionary explanations must identify adaptation produced by natural selection. That pretty much sums up my opinion on the matter. |
MalapharosSep 8, 2009 9:52 PM
| Well, personally, I think sex and monogamy differs on everybody's own nature and surroundings. Sperms are one of the factors that affect a person's sexual nature but there are a lot of other factors to be taken into consideration. The factors usually include where you live, your culture, your parents, influence of friends, your exposure to porn and sex. Of course these aren't the only factors, it could go on and on for a long time. But the evolutionary cause of humans' complicated love lives...I'm a little doubtful that its the 'evolutionary' cause. |
Killy_Zouichi said: How come?She covered the topic of adultery realistically but the promotion of it is just wrong. And I'd hardly classify that summary as being promotional. |
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