A collection of 40 posts
Somewhere in our evolutionary past how smart and social we are became the major control on our access to sexual partners — not how big or fancy a male’s penis is.
The importance of sex in creating the right environment for healthy pregnancy is also observed in clinical studies in IVF and other methods of assisted reproduction.
It is popular wisdom that there are many things in this world that just can’t be quantified. It may be the case, as sociologist William Bruce Cameron suggested, that “not all the counts can be counted”.
Moral cultures reflect their social structures, and victimhood culture is no different: It occurs in a context where there is cultural diversity, social equality, and stable authority.
Gossip can actually be thought of not as a character flaw, but as a highly evolved social skill.
This misguided reticence is a product of archaic cultural mores that make sex a thing of shame for women, but one of pride for men.
Humans, like all organisms, are the product of evolution. And what evolution ‘cares’ about is genetic propagation: how many genes are passed from one generation to the next.
Social science has demonstrated a strong relationship between age and sexual attractiveness. Heterosexual men are sexually attracted to young women, while homosexual men are attracted to young men.
Because democracy reflects the will of the majority, extremists will never win a fair election.
My grandfather is also a Holocaust survivor. At his age, he is one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors. His story is unsurprisingly a harrowing and sad one.