Wednesday, September 30, 2009

chimps trade meat for sex

There's no reason to mention this article, except after I read it, I had the burning desire to say to someone, anyone, "Duh! Why do you think 90% percent of dates involve men taking women out to dinner? The man is proving he can provide for a mate and offspring!"

I don't care what anybody says: we're all animals at our core. Being human means you have evolved a superego to make up lies to disguise the fact that you're driven by your id.

And that's exactly the reason I always insisted on going dutch, during the early phases of dating someone. Although in retrospect that may have backfired, since I tended to end up with guys who wanted to be taken care of.

It's a delicate and difficult thing, balance of power.

2 comments:

AJ Milne said...

Hrm... link is broken, from here...

And strangely, I felt this compelling need to find it for you anyway... And bring it to you, beaten, bloody, dead, and ready for consuming...

An urge which I was able to resist, at least. Which is probably good for everyone, on balance...

(/But geez, about those genetic predispositions, again...)

Holly said...

You are truly a higher evolved mammal, AJ.