Anyway below is a couple of videos I found related and closely related to the subject of sex from a biological and psychological perception.
The 1st video is from YouTube uploaded from Cambridge college talking about the principles of animal behavior, reproductive behaviors in humans and other animals in response to low-resource and high-mortality environments.
Ethology Principles of Animal Behavior
The next video is from yes you guessed it TED Talks!
Helen Fisher: Why we love, why we cheat
About:
Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic –
love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its
social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential
disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.
Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the
evolution of human emotions. She's best known as an expert on romantic
love, and her beautifully penned books -- including Anatomy of Love and
Why We Love -- lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion.Her is also a quote from Helen fisher very interesting.
"There’s all kinds of reasons that you fall in love with one person rather than another: Timing is important. Proximity is important. Mystery is important. You fall in love with somebody who’s somewhat mysterious, in part because mystery elevates dopamine in the brain, probably pushes you over that threshold to fall in love.” (Helen Fisher)
I agree with your opinion about the common concept of sex. People, especially young teenagers who have children as early as the age of thirteen, have no idea what sex is and yet they are very capable of proceeding in such an intimate relationship. What they don't know is the backbone of sex which is love. These young mothers and fathers do not know the definition of love and what it is to be in a mature, sexual relationship. It is very sad because most of these boys who become fathers often run the opposite way simply because they are not ready for such a huge responsibility. The point is that everything shouldn't be just about sex the way it is perceived today. I completely agree with the Darwinian definition of love and to be in love means to procreate and raise children as a couple. I enjoyed the lecture Helen Fisher gave about the concept of love. Teens now-a-days simply cannot grasp that concept and just act on their instincts and hormones. Hopefully one day our society will decrease its teen pregnancy rate to prevent single parents, and psychological issues to the young mother and child.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the Helen Fisher video, especially the little story that she gave at the end explaining the "magic of love". I found it interesting to learn that our society is actually reverting to old ways, and all this time we thought we were moving forward. I also agree that it is important to form an emotional attachment with someone, it is what sets us humans apart from other mammals.
ReplyDeleteYou are completely right. Not alot of educated individuals know what the term sex is about. It is far more than just two people sleeping together, if they knew a lot more than just "doing it" they could prevent pregnancy, or contracting an STD. I must agree with the Darwinian perspective!
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