[FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology?

[Frank Wimberly]

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

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of u?l? ?
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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.


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