Oh my lovlies, shall we talk about sex?
How about sex in the study of evolutionary psychology?
I've been reading more of The Moral Animal, and am finding myself fascinated. I find myself with this question, "Do instincts impact our sexual nature?" reoccurring in thought. Honestly, the field of evolutionary psychology is relatively new, but so vital, it is what makes us who we are, and helps to explain how we got to this point.
Every animal on this planet has instincts, as do you and I. The blue gill sunfish has instincts too. The average life of a bluegill progresses just like ours, there's birth, adolescence, and eventually in most cases, reproduction. The male builds as many as 150 nests, which he aids, maintains and guards. Females who find this male's genetic make up appealing (That's a hot ass blue gill I suppose) lay their eggs in these nests, which the male then fertilizes.
But there are drifters afoot! Because the male blue gill tends over a hundred nests, it leaves some of them open to drifter blue gills which ninja in and jizz all over some of those beautiful eggs a female left, and books it, leaving their offspring to be tended by their duped custodian. At a certain stage in life drifters often don the color of females to mask their covert egg stealing operations. Now, heres where we get to evolution. Obviously the drifters have to do pretty well when it comes to hijacking offspring, otherwise, they wouldn't be around. So you can see how to balance between the drifters and their victims is maintained.The situation in itself becomes a victim of it's success, considering the more drifters there are, the fewer offspring per drifter there are. Because in a way, evolutions own competition has jeopardized the success of ninja egg jizzing. This beautiful equilibrium is known as an "evolutionarily stable" state.
Blue gills have tiny brains, much smaller than ours. Our brains are incredible, they have the ability to recollect, but they also inter-compare, stratify, synchronize, and develop abstractions. So, this behavior is seen in our species, but in our species it's a choice. A young bluegill will make the "decision" to be a drifter if in adolescence he sees that there are plenty of loyal bluegill fish that are more for the home life. Because he sees the opportunity, he "decides" to be a drifter, as it may be more likely to pass his genes on to the next generation. But this "decision" is based on instinct, as the majority of our decisions are based on our own personal choice, relying less on instinct and more on personal choice. This is the beauty of our rationing ability. Were delightfully flexible. If the situation is more suited to favor a chance of reproduction without investment in offspring, a man may be a player, but if a female seems to have traits that he would raise a family with, a man may be a husband. The same is true for women. Studies have shown that women when contemplating a one night stand, will strive for a more attractive man than they would if they were seeking a long term investment. It's almost as if the women studied were forgoing the potential investment of the male for his genes.
Of coarse the dynamics of sexual treachery are different for humans than for bluegill sunfish, in part because we are mammals, and thus require internal fertilization. Still, it's still something to rack your sex brains.
Discuss, or just tell me how cutes I is ^.^
P.S Thanks to all of you who left your love and comments on my set Walk Without Rhythm your continued love and support make things happen so stop by! I hope they inspire you and give you a... smile
All my love to my devious little duckies!
Hopefully yours,
Dezzie
How about sex in the study of evolutionary psychology?
I've been reading more of The Moral Animal, and am finding myself fascinated. I find myself with this question, "Do instincts impact our sexual nature?" reoccurring in thought. Honestly, the field of evolutionary psychology is relatively new, but so vital, it is what makes us who we are, and helps to explain how we got to this point.
Every animal on this planet has instincts, as do you and I. The blue gill sunfish has instincts too. The average life of a bluegill progresses just like ours, there's birth, adolescence, and eventually in most cases, reproduction. The male builds as many as 150 nests, which he aids, maintains and guards. Females who find this male's genetic make up appealing (That's a hot ass blue gill I suppose) lay their eggs in these nests, which the male then fertilizes.
But there are drifters afoot! Because the male blue gill tends over a hundred nests, it leaves some of them open to drifter blue gills which ninja in and jizz all over some of those beautiful eggs a female left, and books it, leaving their offspring to be tended by their duped custodian. At a certain stage in life drifters often don the color of females to mask their covert egg stealing operations. Now, heres where we get to evolution. Obviously the drifters have to do pretty well when it comes to hijacking offspring, otherwise, they wouldn't be around. So you can see how to balance between the drifters and their victims is maintained.The situation in itself becomes a victim of it's success, considering the more drifters there are, the fewer offspring per drifter there are. Because in a way, evolutions own competition has jeopardized the success of ninja egg jizzing. This beautiful equilibrium is known as an "evolutionarily stable" state.
Blue gills have tiny brains, much smaller than ours. Our brains are incredible, they have the ability to recollect, but they also inter-compare, stratify, synchronize, and develop abstractions. So, this behavior is seen in our species, but in our species it's a choice. A young bluegill will make the "decision" to be a drifter if in adolescence he sees that there are plenty of loyal bluegill fish that are more for the home life. Because he sees the opportunity, he "decides" to be a drifter, as it may be more likely to pass his genes on to the next generation. But this "decision" is based on instinct, as the majority of our decisions are based on our own personal choice, relying less on instinct and more on personal choice. This is the beauty of our rationing ability. Were delightfully flexible. If the situation is more suited to favor a chance of reproduction without investment in offspring, a man may be a player, but if a female seems to have traits that he would raise a family with, a man may be a husband. The same is true for women. Studies have shown that women when contemplating a one night stand, will strive for a more attractive man than they would if they were seeking a long term investment. It's almost as if the women studied were forgoing the potential investment of the male for his genes.
Of coarse the dynamics of sexual treachery are different for humans than for bluegill sunfish, in part because we are mammals, and thus require internal fertilization. Still, it's still something to rack your sex brains.
Discuss, or just tell me how cutes I is ^.^
P.S Thanks to all of you who left your love and comments on my set Walk Without Rhythm your continued love and support make things happen so stop by! I hope they inspire you and give you a... smile
All my love to my devious little duckies!
Hopefully yours,
Dezzie
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