05-21-2003, 10:46 AM
Hmmm I am definitely going to have to reply to this one in more detail...since I have been married, separated and on my way through a divorce...and not a 'multiple' partner kind of person.. and not sure if another marriage is ever in my foreseeable future....
So while I contemplate the depth of my answer let me say a couple of things....
Many animals mate for life and are monogamous, so it is debatable whether marriage and fidelity are only 'human' issues. Most animals live in groups so 'relationships' and social issues apply throughout the animal kingdom...I think that consciousness, guilt, and ethical and moral issues are hard to observe in animals so I am not sure that these are or are not human issues.
Not sure how much genetics you want to delve into but diversity is a necessity to avoid mutations and genetic abnormalities. (doesnât mean multiple partners just means not within your own family) and if there was not some kind of ârelationshipâ established during your ancestors time eventually you wouldnât know if you were mating with a close relative until your offspring were born with defects. Interbreeding show dogs and other animals including the hemophilia studies with the royal family demonstrate this conclusivelyâ¦maybe marriage started out as just a way to keep records and keep population in control.
"human urge to spread the seed" ok that one needs its own debate post I think Beastie.
Animals masturbate so I think we should realize procreation is not the only reason for sex...pleasure is by far a contributing factor...while women are born with all the "eggs" they will ever have and they get old as the woman ages men regenerate new sperm continuously through life...thus the reason why Strom Thurmond could have children with his wife (30 years his junior I believe). That saidâ¦. my personal beliefâ¦no scientific back up hereâ¦I think men need âreleaseâ more than women. Also I think women are probably the ones that should have multiple partners in an evolutionary population control environmentâ¦to weed out the bad seeds. (damn beasties humor is catching) and a little off topic maybe butâ¦â¦women can have 'sex drives' as strong or even stronger than men and I think that is where society plays a part, most women donât talk about it much less act upon it. Doesnât take quite as much out of a woman to masturbate as it does a guy.....so I am thinking greater than "several" times a day.....no problem. Ok still havenât really answered the questions but I better get to workâ¦hopefully I didnât detour too far from the topic.
So while I contemplate the depth of my answer let me say a couple of things....
Many animals mate for life and are monogamous, so it is debatable whether marriage and fidelity are only 'human' issues. Most animals live in groups so 'relationships' and social issues apply throughout the animal kingdom...I think that consciousness, guilt, and ethical and moral issues are hard to observe in animals so I am not sure that these are or are not human issues.
Not sure how much genetics you want to delve into but diversity is a necessity to avoid mutations and genetic abnormalities. (doesnât mean multiple partners just means not within your own family) and if there was not some kind of ârelationshipâ established during your ancestors time eventually you wouldnât know if you were mating with a close relative until your offspring were born with defects. Interbreeding show dogs and other animals including the hemophilia studies with the royal family demonstrate this conclusivelyâ¦maybe marriage started out as just a way to keep records and keep population in control.
"human urge to spread the seed" ok that one needs its own debate post I think Beastie.
Animals masturbate so I think we should realize procreation is not the only reason for sex...pleasure is by far a contributing factor...while women are born with all the "eggs" they will ever have and they get old as the woman ages men regenerate new sperm continuously through life...thus the reason why Strom Thurmond could have children with his wife (30 years his junior I believe). That saidâ¦. my personal beliefâ¦no scientific back up hereâ¦I think men need âreleaseâ more than women. Also I think women are probably the ones that should have multiple partners in an evolutionary population control environmentâ¦to weed out the bad seeds. (damn beasties humor is catching) and a little off topic maybe butâ¦â¦women can have 'sex drives' as strong or even stronger than men and I think that is where society plays a part, most women donât talk about it much less act upon it. Doesnât take quite as much out of a woman to masturbate as it does a guy.....so I am thinking greater than "several" times a day.....no problem. Ok still havenât really answered the questions but I better get to workâ¦hopefully I didnât detour too far from the topic.