"Hence, their males have evolved large testes so as to spurt aside the sperm of the previous male to mate with a female and have enough to not be all spurted aside by the next male to do so. We do not have that adaptation." Thank God we don't, just imagine the washing!
In all seriousness, what a wonderfully absorbing and interesting essay…
"Hence, their males have evolved large testes so as to spurt aside the sperm of the previous male to mate with a female and have enough to not be all spurted aside by the next male to do so. We do not have that adaptation." Thank God we don't, just imagine the washing!
In all seriousness, what a wonderfully absorbing and interesting essay. Some points e.g. the differences between male and female bonding, were familiar to me, others hadn't occurred to me before. I hadn't really thought about female features expressing emotion more easily, but it explains why to me, my husband always seems to have either a vaguely angry or a bewildered expression. I had assumed that was simply the natural result of being married to me, but perhaps sex differences have more to do with it.
“Vaguely angry or bewildered expression”. That is exactly my Husbands resting face. Then again, we have three daughters so the bewilderment makes A lot of sense. Now that I think about it, its exactly Harrison Ford’s signature style. Between that and his puppy eyes that’s all most blokes need to make women fall over themselves.
"Hence, their males have evolved large testes so as to spurt aside the sperm of the previous male to mate with a female and have enough to not be all spurted aside by the next male to do so. We do not have that adaptation." Thank God we don't, just imagine the washing!
In all seriousness, what a wonderfully absorbing and interesting essay. Some points e.g. the differences between male and female bonding, were familiar to me, others hadn't occurred to me before. I hadn't really thought about female features expressing emotion more easily, but it explains why to me, my husband always seems to have either a vaguely angry or a bewildered expression. I had assumed that was simply the natural result of being married to me, but perhaps sex differences have more to do with it.
Thank you. This comment really brightened my day. :)
“Vaguely angry or bewildered expression”. That is exactly my Husbands resting face. Then again, we have three daughters so the bewilderment makes A lot of sense. Now that I think about it, its exactly Harrison Ford’s signature style. Between that and his puppy eyes that’s all most blokes need to make women fall over themselves.