[lbo-talk] Re: Back to History (Back to sociobiology

[Bitch]

At 02:27 PM 11/3/2005, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>Justin wrote:
>
>>I suppose what people might find objectionable about a male
>>preference for apparently fertile women is that it might lead to
>>prejudice in choosing mates against older women and also involves
>>or suggests a relative lack of interest in other qualities that we
>>think should matter more than physical appearance, such as
>>intelligence, decency, niceness -- moral and psychological
>>qualities we'd value in anyone regardless of sex.
>
>Has there been any period in history when a majority of men had the
>power to select their partners for sexual and procreative purposes?

Always an excellent point. Been raised here before... alas.

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