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Would it really be that disruptive?
When I was younger, my parents wouldn't
let me drink soda. One day they let me
drink all the soda I wanted. I got sick of
it and rarely drink it. There is more to life
than soda.
wp
At 03:34 PM 7/11/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Very incisive point, Lise, thanks.
>
>Vincent
>
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>> From: Lise Maring
>> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:04 pm
>> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>> Subject: Re: Memes and sexuality
>>
>> Hmmm. Touchy subject here. Possibly it needs to be remembered that for
>> most 'animals' sexual activity is seasonal whereas for humans (and
>> possibly
>> most primates?) it is....well, not necessarily so. I have a feeling we
>> wouldn't get much else done if we didn't repress our 'natural drives' to
>> some extent and had males constantly fighting over females? Very
>> disruptive in your average business office.
>>
>> Just a quiet, in-the-background member of the list who couldn't resist
>> putting in her two cents worth on this one,
>>
>> Lise
>>
>> "Lawrence H. de Bivort" wrote:
>>
>> > I wonder if the repression of overt sexuality among humans comes to a
>> > certain extent from a desire to put some distance between ourselves and
>> > 'mere' animals, to prove to ourselves that we are not 'animals.'
>> >
>> > - Lawrence
>> >
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