Stories almost always reinforce the semiotic frameworks of the society in which they are embedded, even if they want to subvert it
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@GabrielDuquette@sarahdoingthing "currency was not seen as different from regular gifts"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette baumeister is right but it's universal http://search.bwh.harvard.edu/concourse/900/articles/BaumeisterSexEcon.pdf …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette does this also cover situations where there are considerably more men than women?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette wouldn't that make it more true, not less true?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette sorry, I meant other way around, which is true of Manhattan1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette the effect of the sex ratio on male behavior is different in the US vs. China1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette in general if sex is scarce you get either more crazy spending or more saving depending on prospects1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@The_Lagrangian @GabrielDuquette distinctions between short-term and long-term mating are pretty sharp and I think if you look closely...
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette the transactional nature of sex is obscured in long-term mating everywhere1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@The_Lagrangian@GabrielDuquette bloch is pretty committed to socializaton theory, that there are no human universals1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 4 more replies
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