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I don't think that this makes sense. In the end, males and females are mating, so there is selectivity going on as before in terms of choosing who you want to
by doyoulikeworms 15y ago
I don't think that this makes sense.
In the end, males and females are mating, so there is selectivity going on as before in terms of choosing who you want to father/birth your children.
The introduction of birth control could be said, though, to reduce the impetus for selectivity with regard to sex, but not mating.
- ars 15y agoI thought of that, but once the person has spent a lot of time with another person they are more likely to continue to mating (as you call it) with that person, rather than find someone else. Even if they would have never chosen that person in the first place (for mating) if they were more selective at the outset.
- doyoulikeworms 15y agoAh, that's a good point. Either way, I think that you can just as easily say that a woman is more likely to leave a "bad" candidate for mating, since she is not tied down by the presence of offspring. I guess we'll just have to see :)