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From: CDale <cdale@techmonkeys.net>
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Subject: Re: Selling Wedded Bliss (was Re: Ouch...)
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:49:41 -0500 (CDT)

Oh, well, uh, thank you, Russell.  LOL@#!  (I think?)
C

On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Russell Turpin wrote:

> Robert Harley:
> >It is perfectly obvious that (heterosexual) promiscuity is exactly, 
> >precisely identical between males and females.
> 
> Yeah, assuming approximately equal populations.
> But that obscures the different modes of
> promiscuity. Both the person who gives sex for
> money or power or companionship and the person
> who uses money and power and companionship to
> get sex are promiscuous, in the broadest sense
> of the word. But their motives and behavior are
> quite different.
> 
> Langur monkeys were the example in the cited
> article. "Dominant males .. kill babies that
> are not their own." "The dominant male monkey
> .. seeks to defend his harem of females." But
> cozying up to the current dominant male isn't
> the best strategy for female langurs, because
> "dominant males are dethroned by rivals every
> 27 months or so." "By mating with as many
> extra-group males as possible, female langurs
> ensure their offspring against infanticide,"
> by the male who is likely next to rule the
> roost.
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't paint a
> picture of carefree females engaged in joyously
> promiscuous couplings. The dom cab driver who
> is taking her two boy toys to New Orleans is a
> better picture of that. ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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