Can't add or detract much from the statistical discussion as it is not my Forte but I would chime in a very important factor in the study of sexual behavior in all living things (man included), that is, sexual dimorphism
More specifically, it also studies the subtleness and ramifications of sexual and gender related behaviors.
Jared Diamond dedicates an extensive chapter to this subject and its impact on human society in his book "The third chimpanzee" .
In my own personal experience which doesn't amount to much and having so far survived an ongoing LTR I have made an interesting observation in the western European countries:
More "northern"-as in traditionally of harsher and/or colder environments-genetic configurations/cultures tend to have less pronounced dimorphism whereas the more southern - as in of warmer and/or more abundant environments- ones have it more pronounced and are coincidentally regarded as more promiscuous historically.
Just to cite a very quick example out of the hip :it used to be very typical of upper middle class italian men to have a "mantenutta" (more or less a sugar baby) as Catholicism forbade divorce.
Quote:Google search first definition Wrote:
distinct difference in size or appearance between the sexes of an animal in addition to the sexual organs themselves.
More specifically, it also studies the subtleness and ramifications of sexual and gender related behaviors.
Jared Diamond dedicates an extensive chapter to this subject and its impact on human society in his book "The third chimpanzee" .
In my own personal experience which doesn't amount to much and having so far survived an ongoing LTR I have made an interesting observation in the western European countries:
More "northern"-as in traditionally of harsher and/or colder environments-genetic configurations/cultures tend to have less pronounced dimorphism whereas the more southern - as in of warmer and/or more abundant environments- ones have it more pronounced and are coincidentally regarded as more promiscuous historically.
Just to cite a very quick example out of the hip :it used to be very typical of upper middle class italian men to have a "mantenutta" (more or less a sugar baby) as Catholicism forbade divorce.
We move between light and shadow, mutually influencing and being influenced through shades of gray...