If I recall correctly from my college social anthropology course (which was a long time ago), there are several cultures in which the norm is to have homosexual relationships pre-puberty and post-menopause, and that heterosexual pairings only occur during the fertile years. In these societies, it made sense for the women to bond with the women and the men to bond with the men, as there were very clear cut gender roles - men were/are the hunters/warriors/etc. Women were/are the caretakers/homemakers/etc. It's a different social construct, but one that works equally well (if not better) from a biological perspective.
I've also read research that the so-called "seven year itch" has a biological basis. When a child is approximately seven years old, the male is no longer needed as much as he was during the younger, more vulnerable years. And, it is then in the males best interest to find a different female partner with which to procreate. Just some random thoughts. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Jim Davis wrote: Our social conventions are > very often biologically based (and often the evolutionary processes behind > them are downright amazingly fascinating). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280818 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
