***PLACES FINGERS IN EARS AND GOES LA LA LA LA LA***
Wish my X thought that way!
Hmmm, I read the title as “Why Not? Having sex might be good for you.” I fully expected a Christine Odonell bashing post.....LOL! I guess I have a dirty mind.
ummmmmmm...
Great role model!
As a kid I was brought up to behave like a gentlemen. I wish that thingy in my pants would have done so too, but it had a mind of its own.
To be serious for a moment, abstinence makes biological sense.
1) As a rule of thumb in biology, having a limited number of high quality offspring is generally better for a species that having a multitude of offspring, with a high mortality rate.
2) The single purpose of sex is reproduction. Any of the other purposes to it are very secondary, and are often in support of this primary goal.
3) There is a multitude of reproductive strategies, to help insure the best offspring, as far as their survival and reproduction go.
a) The male prerogative is to provide genetic diversity, and for as many offspring as possible to have their DNA. The female prerogative is to get both the best sperm donor, and the best male provider to help her raise her offspring. Humans have improved on this with the idea of monogamous marriage, which gives a better outcome to all, male, female and children.
b) Males and females who have not produced children need a higher metabolism and “edgier” psychology to compete for, and find a mate, that do adults in a monogamous relationship who have reproduced. They need a slower metabolism and a “steadier” psychology to provide for and raise their children.
4) People have a finite amount of energy as far as sex and reproduction goes. This is because sex, reproduction and the raising of children is very energy consumptive. If they have used too much of their energy up before having children, their children will be disadvantaged.
5) People however, vary considerably in the amount of energy they have naturally. Some have so little that reproduction is out of the question for them, and sex, if any, must be very judicious. Others have an abundance of energy.
Our society lacks a social niche for those with little energy, or physical incapability, for sex, marriage and children. Yet if they remain abstinent, they will have enough energy to make important contributions to society—just not children.
Those with enough energy should also consider saving it up, to give their children the benefit of having more energetic parents.
It’s astonishing. :)
Not having sex would have been good for Morgan Freeman.
Punch lines:
"And what do you call this act?"
"The...Democrats!"
“It could taste like sweet potatoe pie, but I wouldn’t know, cuz I won’t eat the filty *&%$#@%&*#(.”