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> >> Maia wonders on pg 161 whether sex might not be greater than the sum of its
> >> parts. It occurs to me that *love*, as we understand it anyhow, is
> >> completely absent in Stratoian society.
> >
> > Not completely. It is still common for men and women to form
> >somewhat exclusive bonds. They just don't live together. (Hey, that
> >might not be such a bad idea! : ) )
>
> Do you have any cite for this sort of exclusive bond? I've been wracking
> my brain and can't think of a reference.
Maia's own mother had this kind of exclusivity for Maia's
father.
> Founders did one thing right, in that they delayed puberty until @18, and
> delayed the full onslaught of the sex drive and fertility until @24 years.
It certainly might make society better to delay puberty.
But the thing I keep looking for is which changes to the genome
are stable under evolutionary pressure. It should be BETTER for
reproduction to delay puberty. This probably is so on Stratos, but
might not be so under a welfare state (Or maybe I've seen too many
fragments of Jerry Springer's teenage mothers!)
---David
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