skibum^ (in regards to your last post) you still fail to understand that the mere idea that all women are sluts and predisposed to act in such a manner is completely abusrd. its entirely irrational and no matter how much you want to manipulate the data of a study, its not going to affirm this.
and neonpink, thankyou. thats a point i was intended to make but couldn't remember the actual percentage.
jessbuff:
first off. stop referring to women as sluts, it only undermines the credibility of your argument. if you were speaking about the social norms of black people you wouldn't repeatedly refer to them as 'niggers.' your consistent use of "sluts," which is an overwhelmingly innaccurate generalization, makes you appear to be the great chauvinist that you have claimed not to be. i have known so many people who claim to not be racist but still employ the term "nigger" on a regular basis - from what i have seen, you are no different. if you want to debate maturely and seriously, and most importantly with an objective intention, then i suggest you develop a mature academic tone. on top of this, the concept of a 'slut' is based off of the social norms within your culture and is therefore, not a biological factor, but a social construct: so stop addressing it as if it is something universal.
as for darwin, you did not 'get' me to agree with the basis of your points. darwins prinicpals go against your argument actually.
the article has major holes in it. i still argue that it has chosen to ignore the tenets of humanity (both bilogically and socially). we have thoroughly proven by now that human beings search for a "most attractive" mate is subject to social standards. take women for example, the values placed in importance in terms of attractive traits (among women) is not in tune with what is necessarily going to work as the best mate (in terms of producing offspring). the women most valued in society are often malnourished, do not have ideal hips for childbearing and are rarely evaluated in terms of qualities such as intelligence. furthermore, as the ideal female candidate in terms of her aesthetic has changed over the years (from women in paintings to marilyn Monroe to brook burke), we can see that it is far more influenced by cultural ideals than by set biological predispositions.
besides, what this so called scientist has blatantly forgotten, is that human awarness is superior to biological predispositions. meaning, humans are aware of what they biologically want, however, they define their actions by social norms. for example, you don't need to use a toilet, biologically speaking you could just as easily pop a squat in the middle of campus and take a load off. however, due to cultural norms, this is deemed well beyond taboo. the application of this is, that regardless of whether women are biologically predisposed to want mulitple partners, out cultural norms greatly overpower this. furthermore, through all the variation of cultures that exists in this world. instances of women desiring multiple sex partners is EXTREMELY rare.
THE POINT THAT MAKES THIS RESEARCH WORTHLESS: is that he has made observations about female organisms across a range of species and made a massive generalization which lumps human beings in with this. the problem is, that in doing so he has made absolutely no effort to consider the fact that almost none of society can be seen as congruent with this.
as for your theory jessbuff:
first of all there are a number of societies with an egalitarian social structure. this has nothing to do with the strength of men, or thier so called aggressive nature, but instead is based on autonomy – I’l explain this yet again: societies that place value on womens roles in society are those which provide women with responsibilities to their society that are equally valued with men.
polygamy has nothing to do with sexuality. polygamy is based off of the notion that mulitple wives provide an economic advantage. while husbands are provided with more sexual choice, polygamy’s major purpose is that it provides a support for the tasks that must be accomplished - more women means better means to complete agricultural work, cooking, cleaning, etc – the same reason that families in the global south tend to have so many members.
your notion of primitive savagery was projected by evolutionists 150 years ago and is entirely stale and most importantly overwhelmingly disproven – it is long dead as a projection. this idea of a savage, assumes that western culture is superior to the "primitive" nature of less developed societies. so you can drop that argument completely. you don't get "less human" nor do you become "more human."
the main issue is that once more you are trying to argue the prinicpals of anthropology with an anthropology major, yet you have absolutely no knowledge of anthropology. thats fine, I understand that you haven’t taken any courses (and I must respect your passion to debate an issu) but you have no idea the degree to which you don't know what your talking about. i personally wouldn't expect in the slightest to be able to argue engineering (i think that was your major) with you. today i spoke with one of my professors in her office, we discussed the extent of anthropology and its analysis on everything that is human. i brought up this debate with her and outlined what i had been arguing against (your points essentially), she had a good laugh to say the least. i know that comes across as incredibly pompous, however its entirely true, you are completely unaware of your ignorance (don't get pissed about that term, take it for its literal meaning).
"if you stay ill totally put out." - markd13 in regards to my having had it with this site.