In other words, the biological process is to reproduce, while the rules, rituals, habits, &etc., and their explanations are of the social/intellectual level.
On Dec 5, 2010, at 9:27 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > How about 'reproduction' is biological, and 'sex' is social? > > > On Dec 5, 2010, at 9:03 AM, John Carl wrote: > >> Arlo, Mark, >> >> Sex is social. The sexual urge is biological, I'll grant you. Nocturnal >> emission or masturbation is biological, I'll grant you. But sex takes two >> and occurs through a complex of social negotiation. Even rape is a >> sociopathic behavior rather than a merely biological urge. In fact, it's >> pretty widely known that rape is due more to rage issues than mere >> horniness. >> >> This is a recurring disagreement I have with most of MD. Mark in a >> following post says the urge to freedom is biological. I disagree >> completely, as I believe all emotions have social roots - the caring about >> self in the relation to others. Biologically, our bodies would probably be >> quite happy kept in a pod and fed all necessary nutrients. >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > ___ ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
