Ev psych includes the radical idea that human mating systems might be different from chimpanzee mating systems. You're deliberately ducking the issue, and you know it.
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Replying to @primalpoly @Anthrofuentes
Ducking what issue? I thought this conversation was about to what extent we can say that human mating patterns are invariant. Chimpanzee data, cross-cultural anthro & historical data are all important for understanding that issue.
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Replying to @CathrynTownsend @Anthrofuentes
Nobody claims anthropoid mating patterns are 'invariant'. Most ev psych people don't even claim human mating patterns are 'invariant'. But we are willing to note cross-cultural patterns when the data are overwhelming. Is
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Replying to @primalpoly @CathrynTownsend
of course. There are lots of patterns. but see
@CathrynTownsend 's response and no one has yet defined "young"... How is it assessed? what are the actual variation in fertility across age sets? what about fecundity and infant mortality and age? all of this is relevant0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes -
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Replying to @Bkwrmgal @Anthrofuentes and
I’m not really sure about this. I suspect that the word ‘poly’ might be an attractant independent of age & porn exposure due to perception that obtaining casual sex will be easier plus connotations of sexual adventurousness.
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What young men think Poly means vs what it actually means are often very different.
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