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From: gil@banyan.UUCP (Gil Pilz@Eng@Banyan)
Newsgroups: alt.sex
Subject: Re: Sex, Babies, and Orgasm
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Date: 19 Jan 90 15:27:31 GMT
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In article <3609@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@hub.UUCP (Pete Gontier) writes:
>Fun is not an evolutionary advantage. But sex is fun, so what gives?
>Sex is fun because reproduction is an evolutionary advantage.

No, no, no, no !  Haven't you been listening ?  If sex was fun just
for reproduction it would only be fun _once_ _a_ _month_ !! Women
would come into heat once a month, it would be obvious to everybody
that they were in heat (their faces might light up neon-pink and
green), and that's the _only_ time they'd be interested. Sex is fun
_all_ _the_ _time_ 'cause it helps hold humans together, which if you
consider how physically helpless a single human being is (compared to
wild dog or something), is necessary for our survival.

And who says fun isn't usefull for evolution ?  Ever heard of neoteny?
(I think that's how it's spelled). The term describes the human
attribute of remaining "child-like", curious, immature, and original
long after other animals have gotten down to the business of being
adults. Without this quality it is doubtfull wether we would have ever
learned to use tools or improve upon the tools we have.  "Fun" has
undoubtedly taken our species a lot further than "seriousness" ever
will. So think of the human race, lighten up !

"a lawn sprinkler makes a real good ray-gun
 it might come in handy when we go to the sun
 and the end of the drive is a Galaxy
 I remember going there, I think I was three"
	- sam hill

Gilbert W. Pilz Jr.       gil@banyan.com