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**diemeareendup** · 04-21-2011, 07:37 PM

This is an interesting article...

http://www.alternet.org/sex/150616/w...or_having_sex/

What if Making Babies -- Extending the Species -- Isn't the Real Reason for Having Sex?
What if everything we've ever learned about our basic motivation to have sex — the procreation of the species — is unequivocally wrong?

Outside the box....

Picky Lovers

That women are “choosier” than men is scientifically verified. A commonly referenced 1989 study, by psychologists Russell Clark and Elaine Hatfield, asked female college students to introduce themselves to a male colleague and offer sex. In those trials, up to 75 percent of the guys said yes. When the roles were reversed, not a single woman was interested in casual sex with the guys. This is an example of sexual dimorphisim. It is certainly not unique to humans. Females (in general) have a greater biological investment into reproduction, this makes them the chooser while the male will mate with just about anything. In species where the male has a greater investment in raising the offspring (some bird species as an example), the roles are reversed and the male is the chooser while the females will wantingly mate with multiple partners.

Everyone doesn't need to want to have children, evolution only requires a sufficient number (or accidents) to continue the species.

04-21-2011, 07:37 PM	#4
diemeareendup Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	This is an interesting article... http://www.alternet.org/sex/150616/w...or_having_sex/ What if Making Babies -- Extending the Species -- Isn't the Real Reason for Having Sex? What if everything we've ever learned about our basic motivation to have sex — the procreation of the species — is unequivocally wrong? Outside the box.... Picky Lovers That women are “choosier” than men is scientifically verified. A commonly referenced 1989 study, by psychologists Russell Clark and Elaine Hatfield, asked female college students to introduce themselves to a male colleague and offer sex. In those trials, up to 75 percent of the guys said yes. When the roles were reversed, not a single woman was interested in casual sex with the guys. This is an example of sexual dimorphisim. It is certainly not unique to humans. Females (in general) have a greater biological investment into reproduction, this makes them the chooser while the male will mate with just about anything. In species where the male has a greater investment in raising the offspring (some bird species as an example), the roles are reversed and the male is the chooser while the females will wantingly mate with multiple partners. Everyone doesn't need to want to have children, evolution only requires a sufficient number (or accidents) to continue the species.
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