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People who are jealous like monogamy. Period. Because it's the only way to keep up the illusion that the other person is "yours" and won't leave you. And it's really just an illusion, since the person could leave anytime. Jealousy is one of those emotions that tends to die down after the first...

Yeah, I mean, I always find it funny when you finally hear the rationale (from a guy, more than from a girl--those are funny in different way) about why they've chosen monogamy. It's usually because they're doing their girlfriend a huuuuge favor and declining all of the millions of offers...

he's probably not the first person who comes to mind as the go-to guy for translating things into hip-hop-ese

Nowhere near what you breathe out on a regular basis I'd guess...

Alexander McQueen in case you couldn't guess

Yes, well, there's also new data that demonstrates that some kids who are sexually abused grow up with no mental health issues or psychiatric problems whatsoever, while others have really severe ones. The latter group, most scientists think, tend to be those who were genetically predisposed to...

I can't wait to see Stepfather, by the way, speaking of Oedipal middle class neurosis. And horror films. "Do you know who your parents are?" is the tagline. Brilliant. [Tho, I'd probably have gone with "Do you know who your Daddy is?" for perversity points...] And it's got that guy from...

T minus 6 sec... "It's the lack of Daddy at home that causes crime, not economic inequity and stratification that causes crime and lack of Daddy in the home!" Bzzzzt. Wrong answer. You've got it backwards.

Nope! That's what you're saying. I said nothing of the sort. I simply stated that the lower classes have better sex AND they're more reproductively successful. I didn't imply causation--hell, I didn't even imply correlation! I was just pointing out that this is a double-win. A win-win...

Also, lanugo: less neurotic does not = more "natural" You're reading things into what I said that don't belong there. It's partly cultural encoding that keeps lower classes closer to the "body"; the fact that lower classes are less neurotic and closer to the body is not some pristine "state of...

Why are people getting so hung up on the question of whether you should choose to cheat or not? I don't get it. They also don't seem to understand that some people have open relationships so "cheating" is not an issue. Sex outside of the relationship is negotiable. Or expected. Or whatever. Not...

First, I don't remember saying anything about "getting hit on", here. So where that figures in here is beyond me. Second, I don't like most people, but if I hate anyone, it's myself. Of course, I am not "middle class", nor have I ever even sort of passed. I am "white", and luckily very light...

Wow. Just...wow... As I should've thought I already made perfectly clear, I was talking about the way CLASS, not RACE, affects sexual mores up there. I already explicitly explained what I meant, which was that people who are from the lower classes tend to be less neurotic about sex for a number...

It's a research method thing...I have a bio exam tomorrow so I really have to stop procrastinating now and go start drawing fructose-6-phosphate molecules. But I will explain afterward. Remind me if I forget.

Most everyone is. Primates are NOT monogamous. But this discussion is complicated by a lot of things. The difference between actual, ideal, and perceived behaviors, for one.

Among some classes and cultures, there are fewer prohibitions against sexual expression and what we call "promiscuity"...Marriage and the family are institutions that primarily benefit those who are on the highest rung of the social ladder, and who make the most money, i.e. the upper middle...

Hey it's a fact, look it up.

Basically. Just substitute "more" or "most" for all and I'll co-sign that for you.

Isn't this the name of a Burial album?

Well, then, the whole thing falls apart, doesn't it? Cultural is local in many respects. In the American south, you have a culture where people put on a very dramatic show of "politeness" and genteel, gracious hospitality, but where, when no one's looking, they backstab like you wouldn't...