From: Gina Miller (echoz@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 21 1999 - 15:58:58 MDT
I'd say leave each to his or her own selection. Just as in today's
dichotomy there are variations on gender attributes. If you've ever
seen the silliness of the Jerry Springer show, you can see this in
it's most extreme of actions. When left on it's own natural course,
there are bisexuals, transvestites, homosexuals, heterosexual's and
some who dabble in a little of each.
Might the future society do more of the same but with further
advances of varieties?
Maybe I could be a boy for a day? Or could exude a little more
testosterone one day and then a little more estrogen for a different
situation. Ying and yang?
There may be different idea's of adaptablity incorperated by strong
differences of infuluence. We may not even yet to fathom the full
spectrum of possibilities.
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
http://www.nanoindustries.com
>Having two genders is an important part of the survival strategy for
many
>species. Our biology and psychology is well-adapted to this the two-
gender survival strategy.
>Moving humans to a single gender for both sexes could have a long-
term impact on the survivability of the species. After all, every
aspect of both genders is extremely useful under some circumstance.
Having two genders allows a species to embody multiple conflicting
characteristics, which appears to be a strategy to maximize
adaptability; to a certain extent, differences between cultures would
seem to be a manifestion of a
>selection process among the large number of characteristics found
across
>both genders.
>Cultural artifacts such as patriarchy and matriarchy would then seem
todemonstrate selection for attributes that are closely tied to
gender. Achange in the selection pressures among the two genders
will inevitably
>change the culture as well, and I think history is full of examples
of this. For example, civilizations that are becoming increasingly
dependant on skill specialization have decreased the value of some
male-specific characteristics that can probably be linked to most
patriarchal cultures.
>IMO, skill specialization has done more to decrease the amount of
>patriarchy in Western civilization than any other factor by
selecting for
>attributes that are common to both genders. However, future
evolutionary
>pressures may lead to cultures that are (necessarily?) strongly
female or
>male dominant.
>
>
>-James Rogers
> jamesr@best.com
>
>
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