Posted by: rsr
Subject tags: society, sexuality, relationship, human behavior
on
Jan 8, 2009
I recently commented on Kelly's blog and it occurs to me that my comments might not fully embody my views on the subject. The topic involved covert infidelity and it is this subject that I want to address here.
I should begin by acknowledging that infidelity is built into our species (see this video and this one). Everything about the dimorphic human form indicates that Homo sapiens evolved in the context of polygamous or promiscuous reproductive strategies, and if one is not convinced by comparative morphology, one need only refer to behavioral statistics. Indeed, female humans average more sexual partners per lifetime than any other animal known (owing primarily to the skew from prostitution), and it is no secret that many male humans seek as many sexual partners as possible, regardless of marital status.
It was a long day - first day back to school for the girls and my high school biology teaching husband. We were up at 5:30, well, some of us were....
I've been nervous about this day for 2 weeks. The first 2 weeks in months that I've felt good and life has had purpose. Before then I was drifting from one depressed day to another. I've been scared that I'd go back to drifting as soon as I got the girls dropped off. I'd sit on the couch waiting until they got home for dinner - I put it on the table at 7:15 sharp. I feed the chickens at 4:30.
Original Comment Thread for HumanValue of Wild Spaces
Reiserer: I find that writing about special experiences provides a foundation for remembering them in more detail. When you have kids that grow into a new stage of life almost monthly, writing short chronicles about activities and feelings sets benchmarks for later exploration of important memories.
