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i'm looking over at jim and thinking about what he wrote.
i understand the biological theories of human sexuality. it's all about making babies. everyone is promiscuous because it betters chances of having offspring.

the trouble with humans is that they don't want offspring. i've always said, if sex weren't fun we'd all spend all our time solving algebra problems, and forget about procreating and continuing the species. so nature has to give us extra impetus for procreating.
however, that doesn't change the fact that the strongest part of the human body is the brain. humans look at their bodies and think "ok, now i'll have some sex, 'cause it's fun. then i'll do some algebra."

which is why i don't particularly agree with the "biological theories." i can't buy the idea that humans want to procreate... or, if there is some deep-down instinct, i don't believe that humans are week enough to give in to an instinct that is so contradictory to everything else that humans want - namely personal development.
i think the fact that for as long as we've had civilized man, we've had people attempt to find ways to prevent conception proves my point.

on the other hand, my problem is that i'm very biased here. i've herd about people who really really want children, women whose "biological clock is ticking" and all that. still boggles my mind. of course, even if people actually do want children, i don't see how the "biological theory" of promiscuity helps, unless one partner is impotent/barren.
and now that i think about it more... i don't get people in general. if i were smart, i'd stop trying and just spend more time focusing on vega.