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Anthropology

Warpy

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4. It might as a function of family and social units.

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 30, 2022, 12:32 AM

Sep 2022

I come from a family that sourly said it was the family fool who went into the church. Same thing, lifelong celibacy, removal from the gene pool, and providing the religious and cultural glue that held the larger society together. That kind of stability can have a positive Darwinian effect, even if the people creating it are non breeders.

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Study of Buddhist monks suggests celibacy can have surprising evolutionary advantages [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2022 OP

Ok, but it could also be they just have one less kid, usually the oldest, which is important... Joinfortmill Sep 2022 #1

Celibacy itself does not have much evolution. keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

It might as a function of family and social units. Warpy Sep 2022 #4

Legalize Sex Work. Anon-C Sep 2022 #3