Amazing Breakdown of Evolution and Sexual Behavior

gj667cc · 2012-04-27T00:53:52+00:00

Fascinating read. I've thought about similar issues before and this was an interesting perspective. What always bugged me was the idea that having sex with as many women as possible is a genetic predisposition because of the idea of being able to spread your seed more widely. However, say you actually reproduce with all those women. You're going to have a lot of kids with a lot of different women, but unless you're a pharaoh or king and can keep your harem in your palace, you're not going to be able to raise your kids individually, which might make them in turn less likely to successfully reproduce. Whereas the guy who waits until marriage to have sex and then raises his kids to adulthood has less offspring, but because they're raised well they have a greater chance of success. Fortunately for us, thanks to modern contraceptive technology we can fulfill our supposed genetic urge to fuck every woman we see and still raise our kids well (if we choose to have them).

Pure conjecture on my part but I think it's an interesting thought.

Bhorzo · 2012-04-27T01:38:32+00:00

I agree. Evolutionary psychology isn't really a science. It's mainly a scam.

The idea that our current behaviours may have been evolutionarily beneficial in the past is true. But that statement means much less than people think it does.

Title	Amazing Breakdown of Evolution and Sexual Behavior
Author	GettinSunny
Upvotes	15
Comments	2
Date	April 27, 2012 12:24 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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