artemispub (imported) wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:14 pm That brings us to the question of whether or not the desire for castration is instinctual, that is to say, an end product of an evolutionary process. How can a desire for Castration enhance the reproductive process? If it is in the genes, and if the male mimetic mind has evolved, then it is the product of female mate choice and selection. If females select mates for reproduction, they do so on some criteria. Success in male to male competition is one selection standard. The more the male is male-male aggressive, the more he will be mimetic when that aggression is turned back onto himself. The strongest males would be the most willing to accept the supreme form of female aggression in the ritual forms of sacrifice. Ritual sacrifice would have had to have a profound psychological effect on males as well as having the psychological effect of empowerment on the females. Actual castration was one step less than death and was a symbol of the sacrificial death. It would be almost inevitable that when female mate selection is based over a very long period of time on the willingness to tolerate female aggression against the male genitals, that males will adapt to that selection producing a male who will tolerate and desire ever increasing degrees of genital targeted female aggression. The stronger the male desire for castration, the greater will be his tolerance for genital aggression. The greater his tolerance for accepting genital aggression, the greater will be his chances of passing on his genes. Eventually sexual desire and the desire to receive female genital aggression will fuse. This doesn't make any sense at an individual level, but it does at the genetic level and it is the genes which govern.<br>The castration of exclusion from reproductive access solves a third problem of primate female mate selection and choice. It enables the female to control and use the male without necessarily providing him with an opportunity to reproduce. It is obvious that monogamy places a severe limit on female mate choice and selection at both the pre- and post-coitus levels. According to the standard evolutionary story, early humans evolved monogamously in order that the male could provide resources, protection and support for the lengthy period of child rearing. Mimetic sexuality and reproduction would enlist the support of all males whether they had reproductive access or not, as long as they had mimetic non-reproductive sexual relief.<br>If mimetic desire for castration increases the male's reproductive opportunities, then it will be consistent with his reproductive interests. The male's reproductive interests are maximized when they conform to the criteria of female mate selection. If females select sacrificial males, then the evolutionary process will produce sacrificial males. Whether the desire of the male leads to castration or not is irrelevant to the reproductive process so long as the willingness to tolerate extreme aggression against his genitals increases a male's chance to reproduce.<br>Cont'd<p>Excerpt: FROM THE HOOTS OF APES TO THE PROSE OF HAMLET: The Evolution of Language Through Sexual Selection by J.C. Smith (in press)<br>Page 178

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artemispub (imported) wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:14 pm That brings us to the question of whether or not the desire for castration is instinctual, that is to say, an end product of an evolutionary process. How can a desire for Castration enhance the reproductive process? If it is in the genes, and if the male mimetic mind has evolved, then it is the product of female mate choice and selection. If females select mates for reproduction, they do so on some criteria. Success in male to male competition is one selection standard. The more the male is male-male aggressive, the more he will be mimetic when that aggression is turned back onto himself. The strongest males would be the most willing to accept the supreme form of female aggression in the ritual forms of sacrifice. Ritual sacrifice would have had to have a profound psychological effect on males as well as having the psychological effect of empowerment on the females. Actual castration was one step less than death and was a symbol of the sacrificial death. It would be almost inevitable that when female mate selection is based over a very long period of time on the willingness to tolerate female aggression against the male genitals, that males will adapt to that selection producing a male who will tolerate and desire ever increasing degrees of genital targeted female aggression. The stronger the male desire for castration, the greater will be his tolerance for genital aggression. The greater his tolerance for accepting genital aggression, the greater will be his chances of passing on his genes. Eventually sexual desire and the desire to receive female genital aggression will fuse. This doesn't make any sense at an individual level, but it does at the genetic level and it is the genes which govern.<br>The castration of exclusion from reproductive access solves a third problem of primate female mate selection and choice. It enables the female to control and use the male without necessarily providing him with an opportunity to reproduce. It is obvious that monogamy places a severe limit on female mate choice and selection at both the pre- and post-coitus levels. According to the standard evolutionary story, early humans evolved monogamously in order that the male could provide resources, protection and support for the lengthy period of child rearing. Mimetic sexuality and reproduction would enlist the support of all males whether they had reproductive access or not, as long as they had mimetic non-reproductive sexual relief.<br>If mimetic desire for castration increases the male's reproductive opportunities, then it will be consistent with his reproductive interests. The male's reproductive interests are maximized when they conform to the criteria of female mate selection. If females select sacrificial males, then the evolutionary process will produce sacrificial males. Whether the desire of the male leads to castration or not is irrelevant to the reproductive process so long as the willingness to tolerate extreme aggression against his genitals increases a male's chance to reproduce.<br>Cont'd<p>Excerpt: FROM THE HOOTS OF APES TO THE PROSE OF HAMLET: The Evolution of Language Through Sexual Selection by J.C. Smith (in press)<br>Page 178

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artemispub (imported) wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:14 pm That brings us to the question of whether or not the desire for castration is instinctual, that is to say, an end product of an evolutionary process. How can a desire for Castration enhance the reproductive process? If it is in the genes, and if the male mimetic mind has evolved, then it is the product of female mate choice and selection. If females select mates for reproduction, they do so on some criteria. Success in male to male competition is one selection standard. The more the male is male-male aggressive, the more he will be mimetic when that aggression is turned back onto himself. The strongest males would be the most willing to accept the supreme form of female aggression in the ritual forms of sacrifice. Ritual sacrifice would have had to have a profound psychological effect on males as well as having the psychological effect of empowerment on the females. Actual castration was one step less than death and was a symbol of the sacrificial death. It would be almost inevitable that when female mate selection is based over a very long period of time on the willingness to tolerate female aggression against the male genitals, that males will adapt to that selection producing a male who will tolerate and desire ever increasing degrees of genital targeted female aggression. The stronger the male desire for castration, the greater will be his tolerance for genital aggression. The greater his tolerance for accepting genital aggression, the greater will be his chances of passing on his genes. Eventually sexual desire and the desire to receive female genital aggression will fuse. This doesn't make any sense at an individual level, but it does at the genetic level and it is the genes which govern.<br>The castration of exclusion from reproductive access solves a third problem of primate female mate selection and choice. It enables the female to control and use the male without necessarily providing him with an opportunity to reproduce. It is obvious that monogamy places a severe limit on female mate choice and selection at both the pre- and post-coitus levels. According to the standard evolutionary story, early humans evolved monogamously in order that the male could provide resources, protection and support for the lengthy period of child rearing. Mimetic sexuality and reproduction would enlist the support of all males whether they had reproductive access or not, as long as they had mimetic non-reproductive sexual relief.<br>If mimetic desire for castration increases the male's reproductive opportunities, then it will be consistent with his reproductive interests. The male's reproductive interests are maximized when they conform to the criteria of female mate selection. If females select sacrificial males, then the evolutionary process will produce sacrificial males. Whether the desire of the male leads to castration or not is irrelevant to the reproductive process so long as the willingness to tolerate extreme aggression against his genitals increases a male's chance to reproduce.<br>Cont'd<p>Excerpt: FROM THE HOOTS OF APES TO THE PROSE OF HAMLET: The Evolution of Language Through Sexual Selection by J.C. Smith (in press)<br>Page 178

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artemispub (imported) wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:14 pm That brings us to the question of whether or not the desire for castration is instinctual, that is to say, an end product of an evolutionary process. How can a desire for Castration enhance the reproductive process? If it is in the genes, and if the male mimetic mind has evolved, then it is the product of female mate choice and selection. If females select mates for reproduction, they do so on some criteria. Success in male to male competition is one selection standard. The more the male is male-male aggressive, the more he will be mimetic when that aggression is turned back onto himself. The strongest males would be the most willing to accept the supreme form of female aggression in the ritual forms of sacrifice. Ritual sacrifice would have had to have a profound psychological effect on males as well as having the psychological effect of empowerment on the females. Actual castration was one step less than death and was a symbol of the sacrificial death. It would be almost inevitable that when female mate selection is based over a very long period of time on the willingness to tolerate female aggression against the male genitals, that males will adapt to that selection producing a male who will tolerate and desire ever increasing degrees of genital targeted female aggression. The stronger the male desire for castration, the greater will be his tolerance for genital aggression. The greater his tolerance for accepting genital aggression, the greater will be his chances of passing on his genes. Eventually sexual desire and the desire to receive female genital aggression will fuse. This doesn't make any sense at an individual level, but it does at the genetic level and it is the genes which govern.<br>The castration of exclusion from reproductive access solves a third problem of primate female mate selection and choice. It enables the female to control and use the male without necessarily providing him with an opportunity to reproduce. It is obvious that monogamy places a severe limit on female mate choice and selection at both the pre- and post-coitus levels. According to the standard evolutionary story, early humans evolved monogamously in order that the male could provide resources, protection and support for the lengthy period of child rearing. Mimetic sexuality and reproduction would enlist the support of all males whether they had reproductive access or not, as long as they had mimetic non-reproductive sexual relief.<br>If mimetic desire for castration increases the male's reproductive opportunities, then it will be consistent with his reproductive interests. The male's reproductive interests are maximized when they conform to the criteria of female mate selection. If females select sacrificial males, then the evolutionary process will produce sacrificial males. Whether the desire of the male leads to castration or not is irrelevant to the reproductive process so long as the willingness to tolerate extreme aggression against his genitals increases a male's chance to reproduce.<br>Cont'd<p>Excerpt: FROM THE HOOTS OF APES TO THE PROSE OF HAMLET: The Evolution of Language Through Sexual Selection by J.C. Smith (in press)<br>Page 178

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