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MadrasT

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17. This part is especially delicious:
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:44 PM
Feb 2014
So what is all this talk of human promiscuity in Dawn all about, really? When an argument so blatantly and so stubbornly persists in the face of what would seem to be clear, undeniable evidence against it, it is usually a good idea to look for something other than dispensation of accurate knowledge about the world as a motive. Frequently, the obverse of accurate understanding of how the world is, is ideological pronouncement on how the world ought to be.

Where Sex at Dusk really shines is in Saxon‘s exposé of the subtler prescriptive message of Dawn. Ryan and Jethá are not simply arguing for a revision of the scientific view of ancestral human sexuality as more promiscuous than the ―standard narrative would have it. Upon closer inspection, what they are actually up to is advocating for a change in contemporary human female sexual behavior, or at least a change in how everyone views women‘s sexuality; specifically, Dawn advocates a shift from women as whores, to women as sluts (e.g., pp. 64, 159)3.

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No you didn't. What happened in that thread was that a lot of asses got a chance to show off Squinch Feb 2014 #1
I love that ALL of them saw through it. Good Jury! cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #2
all the jury saw, and surprisingly not the men arguing their position because they need to hold onto seabeyond Feb 2014 #5
I think the Alerter is the one TROLLING like a fucking BOSS Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #3
first i was gonna fall in love with juror one, then one and three... screw it, love 'em all. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #4
Juror #4 is getting extra points from me for including Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #6
I understood what you were trying to say. sufrommich Feb 2014 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2014 #8
I've seen other ones like this too. boston bean Feb 2014 #9
Meh ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #10
Just for fun ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #11
Thanks for the Kinks. Had forgotten that gem. Not to mention thanks for all the info. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #25
Oh look. MadrasT Feb 2014 #12
ISM.... loved yours. madrast, gonna love reading yours, first i need a hot fudge sundae seabeyond Feb 2014 #13
lack of criticial thinking, similar to how some used the darwin to try to push their libertarian JI7 Feb 2014 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author boston bean Feb 2014 #15
"an ideological agenda buried in the mire of shoddy science" redqueen Feb 2014 #16
This part is especially delicious: MadrasT Feb 2014 #17
Yes it is. redqueen Feb 2014 #19
It's really a pretty disgusting premise to argue sufrommich Feb 2014 #18
That is one of the things I find most deplorable about the argument. MadrasT Feb 2014 #20
"Heteronormative" is the word I was trying to think of. sufrommich Feb 2014 #22
I've had this argument so many times I have "heteronormative bullshit" on the tip of my tongue. MadrasT Feb 2014 #23
Well,now I know who to hunt down when sufrommich Feb 2014 #24
Excellent points. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #21
that is what they did, at the same time, accusing us of being the ones doing it. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #28
Posting Like A Boss - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #26
The Evo-psych proponents used chimpanzees to justify "rape as adaptive as adaptive behavior" ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #29
I did not know about the chimp angle. MadrasT Feb 2014 #30
I hope whomever alerted your post Texasgal Feb 2014 #27
song dedication for you Boston Bean (because ... doors) Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #31
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