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"disorder"? Sounds like an evolutionary advantage. There isn't any use for a penis before puberty. Just is something that can get infected or damaged as a ch
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
"disorder"? Sounds like an evolutionary advantage. There isn't any use for a penis before puberty. Just is something that can get infected or damaged as a child. Plus smaller prostrate as adult means less chance of prostrate cancer and maybe some other diseases.
- tantalor 9y agoI think you are merely complaining about semantics, but there are plenty of disorders (abnormal conditions) which have an adaptive advantage in some contexts; sickle-cell anemia is a well known example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease#Genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease#Genetics a person who receives one defective and one healthy allele remains healthy, but can pass on the disease and is known as a carrier or heterozygote. Heterozygotes are still able to contract malaria, but their symptoms are generally less severe
- eggoa 9y agoWell, they're sterile too. That's certainly an evolutionary disadvantage.
- tenken 9y agoI've been reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. And assuming that Earth is super overpopulated eventually (moreso that now), sterilazation, DNA altering, and other radical changes in mankind such as homogenous relationships worldwide may be one of the few ways mankind can persist in he universe ... It's a good book. I recommend it. I guess my point is that sometimes when something is different Now, it's hard to grasp it's significance and pros and cons because maybe our viewpoint is skewed to our current perceptions (which is a theme throughout the book, it has alot of time travel).
- cthalupa 9y agoSeems like sterility isn't guaranteed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5α-Reductase_deficiency#Fertility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5α-Reductase_deficiency#Fertil...
- Chris2048 9y agoNot having to grow an entire penis just before puberty seems advantageous