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Article #1354Re: Language (was Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?)
From: Pamela Hall
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 1990 21:26
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 1990 21:26
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Look, I am not pushing a political agenda. I apoligize for offending you. I am not particularly sensitive to word use. I was genuinely confused by the original posting. Hey, call me dense. I have been trying to think of a similar example which would have no political connotation. How about this one: In the course of conversation between two biologists, each kept referring to some set of qualities of green/yellow-green light and having disagreements about the effects of each. The disagreement was resolved when one said they were referring to 500nm the other 600nm. With this additional clarification, the discussion continued and refocussed upon the interesting aspects of biological response to these two different wavelengths. I know this is contrived, but does it make the motivation of my original posting clearer? Let's get back to the biology. Are humans naturally monogamous? Are there reasons to think that women may have a greater proclivity for monogamy than men? or vice versa? How do the various marriage laws or customs reflect (if at all) the natural proclivities of humans and where conflicts between men and women might arise? Pamela Hall
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bu.edu!bu-bio!pamela From: pamela@bu-bio.bu.edu (Pamela Hall) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Language (was Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?) Message-ID: <68367@bu.edu.bu.edu> Date: 10 Nov 90 21:26:08 GMT References: <1990Oct24.175532.9407@pmafire.UUCP> <1990Oct25.140829.19268@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <58695@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov1.233150.31363@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Nov2.203149.16763@ariel.unm.edu> <67971@bu.edu.bu.edu> <1363@manta.NOSC.MIL> <68321@bu.edu.bu.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: pamela@bu-bio.UUCP (Pamela Hall) Organization: Biology Dept., Bost Lines: 27