"JEALOUSY >>>MATE BONDING"---myth?

Great Debates
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David Buss (book—“Jealousy, the Dangerous Passion”)
has presented a theory that the emotion of sexual
jealousy is an evolved trait inwhich “Mate Bonding” is
the adaption.

I disagree with his theory.

My theory for the emotion of sexual jealousy:

The Good Lord created a lot of “Adams” and found them
to be of a non-competative nature and rather dull.
Added to this was her need to continuously replenish
the Adams, or to raise them from the dead. Both of
which proved to be labor intensive.

The Good Lord observed the competative nature of the
males in sexually reproducing animals, along with
their vitality, finding these things to be interesting.

Thru Transgenic engineering and slight of hand, the
Good Lord created the Human Female, thus creating a
new human species.

Although the Human Males had discovered things to
compete over such as bananas, sports trophies, and
discussion group hierarchies, nothing compared to the
Endorphin Rush that they experienced from out
maneuvering their competitors, and thereby winning the sexual favors of the newly created Human Females.

Although the Human Male has never desired to permanently
bond with a particular Human Female, he does desire to
compete for the sexual favors of as many Human Females
as he is capable of.

Unfortunately for the Human Male this creates a zero-sum
condition, and thereby has necessitated the evolution
of the emotion jealousy, in order for the Human Females
to distinguish between Human Male Losers, and Human
Male Winners.

Fortunately for the Human Females, Human Male jealousy
can be used as a “negative fitness indicator” when
she is scouting for superior genes for her offspring,
and thereby rejecting Human Males with a high degree
of sexual jealousy.

Speculation for the future:

With the advent of genetically altered phallic fruits and
vegetables and non mythical parthenogenesis, the Human
Male will become extinct along with the painful Human
Male emotion of sexual jealousy.

At that time the Good Lord will reveal herself, the Human
Females will maintain their God like nature, and will
rule the earth with peace and tranquility.

jesse

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jesse morrison:

I beg to differ.

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This theory is a serious proposition.

However, jesse morrison’s speculation for the future is unlikely in the context of currently available scientific data.

As all geneticists know, the advent of non mythical parthenogenesis is inevitable, given that post-genetic theory already acknowledges this inevitability as a scientific fact.

The problems will arise in breeding out the inherent sexual jealousy which exists in vegetables such as Cucumis sativus, and others which are phallic in the sense of true phallic rather than the alternative.

Cucumis sativus has become self aware of its primary function, and entering the Human digestive system via the esophageal canal is but a distant memory.

The collective cucumberial wish to serve a Human Female has itself generated a competitive urge, which has split Cucumis sativus down the middle. Sexual jealousy in this group is now the rule rather than the exception.

Therefore jesse morrison’s speculation, if one is to attach any credibility to it, merely exchanges one problem for another, more serious one.

Somehow I do not think that a world exclusively populated by Human Females, God-like nature or not, will enjoy much peace and tranquility when they are constantly being stalked by hordes of jealous cucumbers.

Therefore the Human Male will be saved, because who else is going to destroy the Cucumus sativus before it takes complete control of the entire known universe, which is expanding all the time into areas we can only dream about from our humble position on this planet we call Earth.

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Was that meant as a poem? [i.e. use the text-wrap]

There is a lot going on here. Let’s start from the top. Assuming God exists, and God is female, and that men don’t prefer to “settle” for any one female (wow), why would preference for mating with soley one female make for a “human male loser”?

I would think that to mate with one female and care for the child considerably would be more productive than fathering many children whom you are unable to provide for.

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jesse morrison wrote:

Um … okaaaaaaaay…

<backing away slowly>

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I only have a pickle.
:frowning:

7

boyfriend troubles, jess?

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Don’t be blue. With all your other talents, you’ve got mutton to worry about.

[sub]Thank you! I’ll be here all week![/sub]

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What exactly prompted the post ?

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Hi Dude,

After reading David Buss’s book for the third time,
I felt his theory was in error. To prove this to
myself, I became my own subject in a social/psychology
experiment while I was living in Santa Fe, and
Albuquerque.

If you are interested in this experiment, you can
find it on kinfonet. Use google search engine, type
in kinfonet, click on discussions on the kinfonet
home page, then click on english discussion group,
then type in albuquerque as keyword, then click on
2. and that will bring you to the experiment.

Thanks for your interest.

jesse (male)

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Huh? Am I going Anne Heche, or does this not make a lick of sense?

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Hi Guinastasia,

I will chose three emotions (envy, jealousy, and
shame) give me your “proximate explanation” (how)
and your “ultimate explanation” (why) these three
emotions exist.

My theory is that they exist for the purpose of
sexual selection (Darwins other theory) as
“negative fitness indicators”.

If a female perceives these emotions in a male
(gene donor), then she “should” reject this male, and
continue screening for a male that expresses the
emotion of “joy” (positive fitness indicator).

Paternity DNA research estimates a range of 2% to 30%
of “supposed” fathers are not the genetic fathers.
This range correlates with the socio-economic status
of the “bonded” couple. I will leave it up to you to
guess which socio-economic group of bonded females
does the most “cheating”, and why.

If you would like for me to be even more blatant,
then ask me about my “Eugenics Conspiracy Theory”.

jesse (male)

p.s. Watch for my forthcoming book “Expressing Joy
When Depressed”

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Wow, try reading that and imagine “Steve Erkel”. :smiley: