(Some video lag and sound issues but otherwise okay.)
Monogamy/Polygamy, Traditional Masculinity, New Sexual Orientation, Penis Drawings, Bromance:Questions from a reader:
Firstly, what is your position on monogamy/polygamy? I assume you're pro polygamy, but I was particularly interested in what you think of 'traditional' monogamy.
I was also wondering what you think falls under the category of 'masculine'. I think if someone is willing to deconstruct sexuality to the point of removing societies goal posts (hetero/homo), surely something just as traditional (masculinity) would receive the same treatment? I don't really have an opinion on what masculine and feminine is or should be, but my instinct tells me it's largely a physical attribute, backed up by intellect, and sometimes 'being a gentleman' or what I call 'not being a colossal cunt'.
If society were to remove the two 'polar opposites' homo/hetero, what would you replace them with? It could just be my shocking memory, but you didn't seem to really put your foot down on this. You only described what you think it's not.
On a side note, that would explain why every high school in western civilization is plagued by drawings of penis' done by young boys. My high school science teacher always pointed out just how stupid it was, but never really put forward a theory, though that's no surprise.
On another side note, it explains the rise of the bromance bordering on the homosexual. In an episode of Scrubs, the bromance between JD and Turk when they 'low five' by bumping crotches in public. They also sing songs about their 'guy love'.
Once again, brilliant job!
Reading on innate gender:The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism by Simon Baron-Cohen:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Difference-Female-Brains/dp/046500556XDelusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine (rebuts the above book):
http://www.amazon.com/Delusions-Gender-Society-Neurosexism-Difference/dp/0393340244Baron-Cohen responds to Cordelia Fine:
http://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/psy1110/15Brain Gender by Melissa Hines (critical of innate gender):
http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Gender-Melissa-Hines/dp/0195188365Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps by Lise Eliot (also critical of innate gender):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618393110
My domestic abuse stat and an otherwise good video on the
True Cycle of Violence:
