[FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology?

[Frank Wimberly]

It's probably true that there are as many idiosyncratic motives as there
are people.  But I believe that there are dominant themes in that set of
motives.  Which begs the question how you know what someone's motives are,
including yourself.



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On Feb 15, 2018 7:45 AM, "glen" <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> No. I'm saying that you are artificially discretizing the motivation of
> the women (and men) at the GG.
>
> On February 14, 2018 5:43:08 PM PST, Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >I think you're saying that your motivation for exposing skin is
> >different  from that of the women on the Golden Globes program, which
> >seems correct to me.
> >
> >Frank
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of u?l? ?
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:46 PM
> >To: FriAM
> >Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology?
> >
> >Your questions seem to assume that the only reason to expose one's body
> >is to be desired.  I know that *I* don't wear shorts in the summer so
> >that I'll be desired by the women (or men) in my neighborhood. 8^)  One
> >reason I try to expose my arms even when I'm cold is in order to
> >increase my cold tolerance.  It has nothing to do with being desired.
> >
> >
> >On 02/14/2018 03:27 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> >> This is not particularly relevant to Dave's essay but was stimulated
> >by his questions about physical attraction between genders.  I was
> >puzzled while watching the Golden Globes (for a few minutes) by the
> >apparent conflict between the themes of "Me Too" and "Time's Up"(?) and
> >the very provocative display of women's bodies.  I wonder if Jacques
> >Lacan's insight that "Man's desire is the desire of the other" is
> >relevant.  In this case: women want to be desired but not to be
> >possessed or seduced.  Note that their bodies are on display to
> >who-knows-how-many strangers. A warm, affectionate relationship with
> >that number of men is not possible.  On the other hand, maybe it's a
> >question of asserting alphaness among women.  I don't presume to know
> >whether either speculation is the case.
> >
> >
> >--
> >☣ uǝlƃ
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