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Why do humans prefer to mate in private?
Phys.org ^ | August 5, 2020 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 08/07/2020 4:03:19 AM PDT by C19fan

Yitzchak Ben Mocha, an anthropologist with Zürich University, has conducted a study of human procreation habits as part of an effort to understand why humans prefer to mate in private. In his paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, he describes his analysis of other studies that involved human sexual practices, among other things.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that human beings generally prefer to mate in private—but why? And why is it so rare? Other than humans, only one other species has demonstrated a preference for privacy during mating: Arabian babblers.

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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: dating; men; pua; redpill; relationships; sex; women
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To: C19fan

Because human brains are sufficiently developed that we experience feelings of embarrassment (especially with regard to bodily functions) and a need for privacy. It also deters other people from wanting to “share” our mates.


21 posted on 08/07/2020 4:25:11 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: C19fan
The author:


22 posted on 08/07/2020 4:25:54 AM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: C19fan

Because we’re not animals.


23 posted on 08/07/2020 4:26:17 AM PDT by texas_mrs
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To: HangnJudge

He wants no distractions


Yeah, I’d imagine it is pretty difficult to perform in front of an audience. [I would not actually know from experience, however]


24 posted on 08/07/2020 4:28:07 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: C19fan

Because it was meant to be intimate.


25 posted on 08/07/2020 4:31:45 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: C19fan

Because we are human? or at least most of us are.


26 posted on 08/07/2020 4:31:51 AM PDT by spincaster (ust)
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To: djpg

Except, of course, in San Francisco!


27 posted on 08/07/2020 4:32:33 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: C19fan

Humans are the only of God’s creation created in His image. We have the ability to discern good from evil. Read Genesis 1-3.


28 posted on 08/07/2020 4:34:12 AM PDT by stuckinloozeeana
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To: rbg81

They say that the reason that a guy as ugly as Ron Jeremy got into porn was that he - at the time - was one of the few guys that could keep an erection in public. Fascinating, I remember most teen guys getting erections at some point when asked to go to the blackboard in school.


29 posted on 08/07/2020 4:35:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: C19fan

He sounds like a sexually frustrated peeping Tom.
Besides, if people did it in public, the market for Pron would go way down, and the powers that be can’t have that!


30 posted on 08/07/2020 4:35:05 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: rbg81

I remember 40 years ago and there was a couple having sex in an upper apartment one hot summer night with all the windows open. When they were finished the whole building erupted in applause.


31 posted on 08/07/2020 4:36:34 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: C19fan

I do it in private because I don’t want all the other guys to be jealous.


32 posted on 08/07/2020 4:39:21 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: C19fan

Martin Luther has to have someone watch the first night married. I think custom then


33 posted on 08/07/2020 4:41:36 AM PDT by mel (There are only 2 races decent and undecent people)
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To: C19fan
seclusion, allowed the male to maintain control over a sexual partner

So it's all about the patriarchy! </sarc>(I think)

34 posted on 08/07/2020 4:42:13 AM PDT by Gamecock ("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
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To: I-ambush
So her dad won’t catch us.

Post of the day!

35 posted on 08/07/2020 4:43:14 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

“The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.” Samuel Johnson


36 posted on 08/07/2020 4:45:54 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (Browning Light Machineguns matter; Burning Looting Mobs don't. :))
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To: real saxophonist

You should be ca..... oh never mind.


37 posted on 08/07/2020 4:46:24 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: C19fan
Paul McCartney,while in India saw some monkeys going at it and wrote "Why Don't We Do It In The Road."
38 posted on 08/07/2020 4:47:26 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Freedom.....where is she?)
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To: mikeus_maximus

Humans have spiritual souls and animal souls. Animals have animal souls. Animals will always be animals, but humans have the choice to strive towards their higher, spiritual souls, so they have the ability to sometimes be spiritual and elevate themselves from their basic animal selves. Animals will be animals - that is what they are. So the difference is that Humans have choices, animals do not. In my opinion.


39 posted on 08/07/2020 4:50:27 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: C19fan

Because we aren’t apes?


40 posted on 08/07/2020 4:50:49 AM PDT by dforest
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