[lbo-talk] Penile invasions

lweiger at umich.edu lweiger at umich.edu
Sat Aug 9 09:47:15 PDT 2003


Charles Brown wrote:


> but there's another Evolutionary Psychologist "report" just out on how every
> kind of man wants sex more than any kind of woman, worldwide,
> crossculturally, universally.

I doubt anyone would say that, in the same way I wouldn't expect to find someone declaring that every man is taller than very woman.


> I'm not endorsing the Ev Psych interpretation...

Not to be rude, but why the fuck not? Sure, not every interpretation that bears the "Ev Psych" stamp is correct (some, such as ev psych "explanations" of the adaptive value of homosexuality, are even prima facie ludicrous), but it seems odd to accept the thesis that natural and sexual selection influence animal behavior (and I presume nearly everyone here does in fact accept that thesis) but not human behavior.

-- Luke



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