Sperm Wars by Robin Baker

Author:Robin Baker [Baker, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychology
ISBN: 1560258489
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 2006-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

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SPERM WARS

SHOPPING AROUND FOR GENES

erections dwindled. Finally, when their bodies judged there was

she was impaled on the stranger. These two climaxes actually meant nothing to be gained from introducing further sperm into either

that, despite everything, she was still not giving all the men an equal woman, they lost interest totally.

chance at winning the sperm war inside her. She was still showing

In this complex interplay of reactions and interactions, the man

favouritism — and the person she favoured was the stranger. How she with the best chance of victory would be the one whose body best

implemented this favouritism won't be clear until Scene 25. For the timed his own inseminations, most interfered with other men's

moment, the question of interest is why she preferred the stranger.

inseminations, and best judged when and when not to couple and to

Xenophilia, a preference for strangers, is a powerful factor in a

thrust. It would be this man that the women's bodies were seeking to woman's choice of mate, particularly as a target for infidelity. In this, father their child. The women's role, in trying to further their own women are typical primates. A female red monkey, for instance, was reproductive success, was to give each man maximum opportunity to

observed allowing nearly every new male she met to inseminate her, prove himself — and maximum chance to make mistakes. In the first

while avoiding those she knew. Similarly, female macaques are

round of activity, the women benefited most by allowing the men

known to go out of their way to allow male newcomers to their troop their urgency and their thrusting. In the second round, they benefited to have sex with them. They do this even though such newcomers

most by allowing the men to play musical chairs with their vaginas.

occupy a very low rank and are often victimised by the resident males.

In the second round, giving each man maximum opportunity to

Of course, a female primate does not allow every male stranger to

couple for long periods and to choose his moment, right or wrong, to inseminate her. The males still have to satisfy her other criteria for ejaculate for the last time was a shrewd method of selection. By

mate choice. The point is that, if two males satisfy her criteria equally, allowing such lengthy coupling without any other overt sexual

she is more likely to prefer the stranger. It is generally thought that activity, each woman was testing each man's ability to guard her

what the female is doing here is taking precautions for the future. If vagina from other men, maintain an erection, and judge the best

the new male eventually achieves a powerful position in the troop's moment to ejaculate — all qualities she would like in sons and

hierarchy, he is more likely to behave favourably towards her and her grandsons.

offspring if there is some chance he is the father.

During this long, slow, relaxed second phase, the women's bodies

We cannot tell whether the girl in Scene 21 preferred the stranger will have experienced satisfaction simply at the feel of an erect penis simply because he was a stranger, or because he satisfied her criteria inside them.

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