ANTHRO 128B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pair Bond, Hypersexuality, Human Sexuality

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 128B
• Professor: Angela C Jenks

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Anthro 128b race, gender, science -- lecture 15 . +no evidence of evolutionary availability of large numbers of fertile partners. +sperm could have 100+ babies per year. +ignore reality of how society is set up. *especially with 60+ = less frequent sex in all cultures across time. *erectile dysfunction is irregular in men because not supposed be that. ~(cid:373)(cid:455)th (cid:374)aturalizes so(cid:272)ial roles a(cid:374)d (cid:373)edi(cid:272)alizes se(cid:454)ual (cid:862)de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:373)(cid:455)th: (cid:373)ales e(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed to (cid:862)spread their seed(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)a(cid:374)t se(cid:454) (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) fe(cid:373)ales way. Myth: humans evolve to seek monogamous, heterosexual pair bonds inheritance. ~human form extensive pair bonds that are socially/biologically produced. +social pair bond and sexual pair bonds are not necessarily connected. +marriage systems and mating systems are not the same. *what does marriage do: legitimize children (who cares for them), *based on idea that women not always want sex. *problem: rare for female to orgasm at same time as man. ~arti(cid:272)le: (cid:862)(cid:449)hat is the fe(cid:373)ale orgas(cid:373) for? (cid:863)