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JohnnyLib2

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21. I like these sentences, near the end of the article.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:40 AM
Dec 2012

" This finding recalls a much-discussed 2010 Behavioral and Brain Sciences paper called "The WEIRDest people in the world?" in which the authors argued that far too many sweeping claims about "human nature" are drawn exclusively from samples of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies.

Studies of small-scale, rural, non-Western cultures like the Aka and Ngandu paint a more complicated picture of human variation. "

I also wonder at what age pairing off and intercourse begins--e.g. 10, 11, 12?

One Suspects, Sir, Close Observation, Rather Than Questioning, Might Give Other Results.... The Magistrate Dec 2012 #1
you can tell from this one article and some initial conclusions they aren't doing their job right? snooper2 Dec 2012 #3
Suspicion Is Not Certainty, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2012 #14
Very excellent point, "stories generally do not age well" closeupready Dec 2012 #19
this research will be exploited by the anti-gay folks Enrique Dec 2012 #2
I wonder how they'll reconcile the Aka and Ngandu not being Christian. sadbear Dec 2012 #6
Male homosexuality is a genetic trait, so their lack of it is no big deal. DetlefK Dec 2012 #4
But not female? Marrah_G Dec 2012 #13
re DetlefK Dec 2012 #22
Thank you!!!!!! Marrah_G Dec 2012 #23
Huh. My mother was, and still is, quite attractive. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #27
MIL wasnt attractive. daughter, then four boys. last two gay. i read fruther along seabeyond Dec 2012 #29
I wonder where they are on the human family tree Marrah_G Dec 2012 #5
that first question that popped into my mind was: EVER? nt xchrom Dec 2012 #7
Well, I suppose it could be possible Marrah_G Dec 2012 #9
Actually, studies show that people who have frequent sex masturbate more than people who have FSogol Dec 2012 #8
Come on now. How hard is it to teach masturbation? Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #28
There we go... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #30
Please stop. Just...stop. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #35
I can't help myself... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #38
So these people asked members of an African tribe whether or not they masturbated. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #10
Perhaps they are very open about talking about sex Marrah_G Dec 2012 #12
If some foreign researchers came to my town and started asking people whether they masturbated, Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #18
Conspicuously absent is any mention of the life expectancy of those people slackmaster Dec 2012 #11
I would say "at most" to that. gollygee Dec 2012 #16
I agree. Probably closer to 20 than 30 but it can be hard to tell with someone in such good shape. slackmaster Dec 2012 #17
With so much emphasis placed on childbearing gollygee Dec 2012 #15
Naturally, it wouldn't matter to me if I was the only gay person in the world. closeupready Dec 2012 #20
I couldn't change it Aerows Dec 2012 #26
I like these sentences, near the end of the article. JohnnyLib2 Dec 2012 #21
wouldn't it be possible that in isolated communities a particular gene does not express? La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #24
No masturbation and no homosexual tendencies Aerows Dec 2012 #25
And we should conclude Whovian Dec 2012 #31
The author of the article, Alice Dreger, is considered a transphobe Zorra Dec 2012 #32
If true, then it's possible she frowns on gender role nonconformity closeupready Dec 2012 #36
"homosexuality and masturbation *appeared* to be foreign to both groups" Lex Dec 2012 #33
If this is true ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #34
i did not even get that it was "his" seabeyond Dec 2012 #37
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