From fork-admin@xent.com Sat Sep 7 21:53:37 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2604216F22 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:52:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 07 Sep 2002 21:52:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g87Fp7C24925 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:51:08 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA892940F2; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 08:48:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net (isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net [64.243.46.20]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id BFFB129409E for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 08:47:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 26499 invoked by uid 501); 7 Sep 2002 15:49:41 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Sep 2002 15:49:41 -0000 From: CDale To: Russell Turpin Cc: fork@example.com Subject: Re: Selling Wedded Bliss (was Re: Ouch...) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:49:41 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-12.8 required=7.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,HOTMAIL_FOOTER5,IN_REP_TO, KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: 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. ;-) > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > -- "I don't take no stocks in mathematics, anyway" --Huckleberry Finn