"Breeder" Reaction

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1 total messages Started by Gene Ward Smith Mon, 17 Mar 1986 02:46

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Author: Gene Ward Smith
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1986 02:46

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     Every time I hear the word "breeder" used as a synonym for
"straight" I am irresisitbly reminded of Larry Niven's sci-fi novel
"The Protector".  In this book, "breeders" are persons up to the age of
~45, whereas "protectors" are a further stage in which sexual
characteristics disappear and intelligence greatly increases. This has
a strange affinity to sociobiological theories on the cause of
homosexuality.  In this theory, gays are "protectors" of sorts,
although sexual and not superintelligent. In Niven's book, "protectors"
had only ONE motivation: protection of their progeny or other
relatives. So the analogy is bad, but it still makes me crack up.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
        Fifty flippant frogs / Walked by on flippered feet
    And with their slime they made the time / Unnaturally fleet.

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