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I don't get the "nature" argument for not supporting gay marriage. If you look at it from a strictly biological perspective, marriage, in general, is a terrible idea because it limits genetic diversity.
The anthropologist in me has to speak up here, sorry, but I do believe that most around here will find this rather interesting:
My sister is an anthropologist! She completed all the coursework for her Phd but the government cut the funding she applied for (and was told her application was fantastic) to complete her dissertation. Yay anthropology and stuffs!
The Sex Lives of Cannibals The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex in Ancient Greece Vampires and Other Blood Myths
well, maybe a little nerdy, I suppose
Haha. When we were out tonight, I was telling abra how I caught nerd feels for you today. I was thinking of re-reading Guns, Germs and Steel today after your response.
I don't get the "nature" argument for not supporting gay marriage. If you look at it from a strictly biological perspective, marriage, in general, is a terrible idea because it limits genetic diversity.
The anthropologist in me has to speak up here, sorry, but I do believe that most around here will find this rather interesting:
Marriage in our societies actually serves as a an evolutionary advantage for our species. We are K selective reproductive species, as opposed to r selective, meaning that we reproduce slowly- one offspring at a time as opposed to litters- and it takes our young a very long time to mature, opposed to rapid development as seen in r selective species (fish, cats, yada yada). It takes so much time and energy for a female to carry the offspring and also for the offspring to mature, that it is absolutely necessary for the female to have assistance while pregnant and also in rearing/caring for the baby (sometimes of course babies). Early in our evolutionary history, thousands of years ago, of course much of our offspring did not survive- for various reasons of course- but one predominate reason was a lack of agreed commitment between males/females in bringing up offspring together. Biological anthropologists found that a shift in cultural constructs occurred, a shift toward longer, more stable, somewhat more sedentary relationships between reproducing partners (and also congruently smaller bands of "people" as well, as this is thought to be the beginning of a more modern homo sapien) and a population boom resulted in something akin to marriage, or at least an understanding that men had to help with the child-rearing responsibilities if he wanted to see his offspring survive. Biological diversity only occurs if there are healthy, plentiful babies being cared for and marriage, or at least a commitment to this goal, are the only way K selective species survive. Most K selective species are endangered now- elephants for example- but that is more so the result of human expansion into their habitats and of course, poaching. At one time though in this planet's past, K species far outnumbered r species (except for bacteria of course) and scientists from all schools attribute this to a willingness of the herd, of the reproductive partners, to help protect the offspring.
If anything, allowing gays the right to marriage, would benefit our society a great deal, in that any commitment to raising children together helps our species thrive. Really, at this point in our evolution, the only thing that would allow more genetic diversity, would be more interracial reproduction. That is a whole 'nother discussion and I have bored everyone enough now.
The anthropologist in me has to speak up here, sorry, but I do believe that most around here will find this rather interesting:
My sister is an anthropologist! She completed all the coursework for her Phd but the government cut the funding she applied for (and was told her application was fantastic) to complete her dissertation. Yay anthropology and stuffs!
I wish your sister the best on her journey as a scholar! That's awesome that she is trying for her PhD. No matter the field, it is so much work getting thru it. What is her specific field of study?
Whoa whoa whoa sir. What exactly do I have to do with the Harlem Shake? Or are you just saying you hate me? lol
I'm not big on gimmicks or crazes I guess. Have Pet Rock, Angry Birds, "i" anything (well except a present of one) noooooooooooooooo, but I did do the Twist in the day, and I have a collection of Care Bears of my kids cr****
So I disappear into our storage room for a few minutes and come back to find one of the big bosses walking away from my desk. He goes, "I had to use your computer, Bonnie, but don't worry... I didn't close your porn." I'm pretty sure my heart skipped a beat when I thought, "What thread was Inforoo open to?!?!"
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
So I disappear into our storage room for a few minutes and come back to find one of the big bosses walking away from my desk. He goes, "I had to use your computer, Bonnie, but don't worry... I didn't close your porn." I'm pretty sure my heart skipped a beat when I thought, "What thread was Inforoo open to?!?!"
The Harlem Globetrotters were fantastic but I think I'm getting too old to sit in bleachers. BTW it's not "really" anthropology but has anyone read Mongo - Adventures in Trash? One of my faves.
Post by Vector Viking on Mar 30, 2013 15:07:50 GMT -5
You guys must be talking about some obscure and so far unsolvable math problems, because I'm pretty sure everyone has read the guidelines on what is cool to discuss and what is not cool to discuss on this very open, public, and likely-monitored-by-the-DEA message board. Math, right? Math is pretty awesome, but really good math is hard to find. At least around here.