Race, gender, sexual orientation, intelligence, what else?

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Iolaus
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Shahrazad,
If it's so mixed up that most people can't be pigeon-holed into categories, what is the usefulness of the concept? Besides an excuse to lynch people, of course.

Iolaus, be advised that there is a difference between Shardrol and Shahrazad, as in, we're not the same person.
But it isn't so mixed up that most people don't fit. Most people do. And in certain locations, they fit very, very well.

Of course you are not Shardrol. I'm quite familiar with both of you. Did I misquote one of you?

Pye,
Patriarchy is - in my estimation - the original ressentiment against a kind of natural autonomy (hence, power) for the female human that the male will never have.
What autonomy is that?
Truth is a pathless land.
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iolaus,
Of course you are not Shardrol. I'm quite familiar with both of you. Did I misquote one of you?
Well, you kept saying Shardrol, but you were referring to my posts. I don't think Shar has even posted on this thread yet.
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<<Patriarchy is - in my estimation - the original ressentiment against a kind of natural autonomy (hence, power) for the female human that the male will never have.>>
<What autonomy is that?>
Women can usually borrow a man long enuf to reproduce. Men need women at least for 9 months.
The woman only needs to control the man for 8 minutes. the man needs to control the woman for the entire ovulation cycle.

"Demonic Males" by Wrangham & Perterson reports on the various field studies of Gorilla, Orangutan, Chimp, & Bonobo. The 1st 3 are all patriarchic, with the males trying to control the females to ensure progeny. They are, on that account, 200-300% larger. Their females all have an obvious estrus flush and odor that tell the males when the females are fertile.

The Bonobo are run by a sisterhood of elder females. The males are only 20-30% larger. The females have no sign of fertility, so the males dont bother trying to control them. The Bonobo have recreational sex, sometimes face to face, and the females engage in Lesbian sex. There is one other large primate with these traits: hominids.
Goddess made sex for company.
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Well, you kept saying Shardrol, but you were referring to my posts. I don't think Shar has even posted on this thread yet.
You're right. How odd.
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Gay brothers may hold genetic clue (see photos)

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Unidian wrote:Oops, I misread. He doesn't want to abort dumb babies, he wants to abort gay ones. But that's just as idiotic and evil, of course.

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Gay brothers may hold genetic clues (see photos)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21309724

Study seeks scientific explanation for roots of homosexuality


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Study seeks scientific explanation for roots of homosexuality
Willingness to study the infinite without knowledge of birds and bees.
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The key word, Tomas, being willingness. Rather than willfulness.

When you perceive the eye of the infinite and then close it, it gives you that "competitive edge" that lets your art live forever. Things work as if by magic. It was very brave of you to do it.
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daybrown wrote:They gave him 100 virgins. It took him about a week to screw them all. then, being an honorable man, he kept up his side of the deal, kicked ass on the Persians, and bought the Sarmatians 50 years of peace. Think about it; where in all history would we find a king with the moral authority to make such an offer? Naaa. The scribes pandering to the warrior class have always turned a blind eye to the power of pussy.
I agree that men are pussy slaves, and the allocation or otherwise of pussy has had a big influence on humankind. Women know and use it to their own ends, that is their craft. But that doesn't mean the pussy itself has any power. Power is given to it by males who are in desperate need to blow-off their consciousness, and that's almost all males.

Masculinity is ever increasing consciousness, femininity is ever decreasing consciousness. Males choose femininity to wind down, females choose masculinity to wind up. But it doesn't have to be this way.
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Katy wrote:The way we measure intelligence is biased towards American culture, and American definitions of intelligence. Beyond that you have to take education and culture into consideration.

And how on earth are you supposed to know which babys are gay?
Good point, another point is that environmental factors can reduce people's iq scores. For example, growing up in an abusive household or something like that can affect it.
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