Re: Breast Size (Was: Re: Homosexuality and genetic determinism)
Tim Benham (bentj93@cserve.cs.adfa.oz.au)
Tue, 30 May 1995 06:56:37 GMT
Michael Andrew Turton (turtom@magritte.its.rpi.edu) wrote:
...
: I love the way Morris simply *asserts* this. Morris, for one
: thing, does not know if the shape of ape breasts are signals for apes
: (does he read monkey minds?) Plus, one could still explain large breasts
: in terms of advantages in child-rearing which were later recognized by
: men. These silly stories that the attributes of women evolved for men
: really must DIE.
I take it that by "evolved for men" you mean "are the product of sexual
selection". They will DIE when they are disproved, but so far you have
not made a coherent evolutionary argument that indicates that the "silly
story" in question is untrue.
: Far more likely men came to identify the attributes of women
: with desirable characteristics in a mate.
Once that has happened then the characteristic is subject to sexual
selection. Are you claiming that the preferences of men have no impact
on the reproductive outcomes of women?
--
People who like this sort of thing
will find this the sort of thing they like.
Tim J.Benham bentj93@cs.adfa.oz.au
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