From: Harvey Newstrom (newstrom@newstaffinc.com)
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 11:42:59 MST
Charlie Stross <charlie@antipope.org> wrote on Thursday, December 02, 1999
5:14 am,
> I'm inclined to think that much sexual behavior in humans is entirely
> orthogonal to reproductive issues and has little, if anything, to do
> with reproductive fitness. But then, that goes for a lot of behavior;
> alcoholism or drug use, for example. (Which, incidentally, are not
specific
> to humans.)
Very good point. I personally believe that most of the sex drive is geared
toward the pursuit of pleasure, not the pursuit of reproduction. Enjoyment
of sex is not enhanced when conception occurs.
-- Harvey Newstrom <mailto://newstrom@newstaffinc.com> <http://harveynewstrom.com> Author, Consultant, Engineer, Legal Hacker, Researcher, Scientist.
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