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Old 12-07-2005, 12:50 PM
Songwind Songwind is offline
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Default Re: Can guys and girls be just friends?

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You've taken a lot of heat for that statement, but there is some truth behind it.

Saw this on a documentary on discovery.
The reason why some men struggle to be faithful is our instincts. Men have an urge to better the chance of having offspring by inpregnating as many women we can.

Of course, human beings developed the abilty to ingore instincts and chose logic and morals to guide our actions.

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My gf was an anthropologist before stumbling into IT (long story) and this topic has come up more than once. People who use this as evidence that "men can't help it" and "women don't have the same problems" overlook the female part of this drive. The same drive for preservation of the species that urges men to impregnate as many mates as possible also urges women to be pregnant whenever possible. The female component of this drive is also indiscriminate with regards to fidelity and morality.
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