Rob Henderson writes about this, quite well and I only had a few objections. I just became a subscriber, so perhaps the whole essay is not available to you. I will give you what pieces I can if you cannot get it all.
I commented, of course, and long-time readers will predict my response. This will tie in to an upcoming post about Steve Hsu's interview with Geoffrey Miller about Evopsych in general, which touches on a full half-dozen of common topics here, including the sexy ones.
The Gods of the Copybook Headings strike hard.
ReplyDeleteSex roles are explicitly maligned, but they help teenagers maneuver through a confusing time of life, and we see what happens without guidance. Every society regulates sex--how did we come to think marriage is a free-form accessory?
I suppose a lot of us are rich enough the prudence is sometimes optional, and faithfulness naive--unless they're missing in somebody else.