Me and my girlfriend had a discussion of what true sexual freedom might look like – as in, a hypothetical world where people could agree to be together, but are ok not owning each other, std’s and pregnancies are preventable, and paternity testing makes sure the right guys are raising the right babies – and we had some ideas about what it might look like.
We know that men want to have sex with lots of women to spread their seed far and wide, but women invest more in their offspring and therefore are selective. This makes women the chooser in the sexual game. However, women what different things at different times. I’ve that ovulating women want square jaw, high testosterone hotties when they’re ovulating to give their children the strongest genes, but want a man with softer features who are more likely to stick around and be a good dad during the rest of her cycle. Studies show that women are pretty good at picking out between the two.
In other monogamous animals, like birds, females do the same. They have flings with high testosterone, usually younger, males, but continuously mate with life partners that have every reason to assist in rearing the chicks since it’s a good likelihood they’re the dad.
So what if we were socialized to accept behavior more in tune with these instincts? We were ok that some men get many short term partners at some point in their lives, other men get to be super dads and get steady sex – and maybe a fling or two if they can pull it off - and women get both the mates and flings with no regrets? I think a lot of people would be intimidated by this because if women could commit to a guy for the long term, but still fulfill her desires when nature calls, naturally, there would tend to be a some guys who got a lot of different women, and another group that generally got a steady stream of sex with one.
But is it realy so bad? And if you can put yourself it such a world, is it good for the guys? Is it good for the girls? And do you see yourself being in such a world, and why?
2007-01-10
10:32:18
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