History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: really, how creepy for a progressive board group of men to ask.. how young of a girl can we lust [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)...types, not teenage boys.
All other BS aside, it's really very simple:
For the greatest genetic success, a male wants a young mate with a full breeding life ahead that has not yet been bred by a rival. Also for him, infidelity is just plain good sense, the wider the he scatters his genes, the greater his chances of long term evolutionary success.
For a female, her best chances lie with hitching up with an older male with a proven record of survival, and demonstrable ability to provide. Infidelity for her is an insurance bet.
Now put the BS back, because it's by bullshitting each other about sex, that we (mostly) stop ourselves from being baboons, frenetically, coupling in the hope of reaching completion before some rival comes along and beats the living shit out of us mid-fuck.