The whys and hows of having sex—it’s not all about evolution
From the article :
“Biological sex is the result of entangled biologies, bodies, minds, experiences, and expectations. Why would we expect any less complexity in how and why we actually engage in sexual activity? Each of our sex lives exists in the context of a particular society with rules and expectations, in a particular cultural history wherein we are told what is correct and incorrect about sex, and in the context of our evolving biology….
Evolutionary hypotheses, societal expectations, and personal experience all equally matter in explaining why we do what we do. Choosing one as more important than the others is not going to make sex any less complex, or easier to deal with. As the science writer Carl Zimmer tells us about the vinegar worm, even “in the simplest animal imaginable, sex can be wonderfully difficult to decipher.” ”
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