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We can’t understand human beings without understanding human sexuality. \u00a0Recently, I had a post that discussed the orgasmic potential in women<\/a>. \u00a0It was well received by people I happen to know in real life. \u00a0Whereas, for the first time, I had people unsubscribing to the blog updates! \u00a0I thought I should explain why I keep straying into human sexuality every now and then.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the category Mental Mess, I am posting on stuff that will help us get better clarity on things around us. \u00a0Because we are social animals, large chunk of these posts are going to be on understanding the human nature.<\/p>\n In other words, I believe that our biology largely determines our behavior. \u00a0I also believe that most of our biology is a product of evolution. \u00a0So,\u00a0I rely on social biology to help me understand the human nature and behavior.<\/p>\n Long before Darwin, farmers were crossing-breeding domestic animals and (not ‘with’) plants to modify\/improve the stock. \u00a0Darwin realized that this process of selective breeding happened in the wild too. \u00a0He called this process the Natural Selection<\/a> (in order to benchmark it against the ‘artificial selection’ which people were already familiar).<\/p>\n Sometimes, natural selection acts on mate selection alone. \u00a0One such example is peacock’s tail feathers (or a diamond studded Rolex). \u00a0It has no utility other than advertising to a potential mate the fitness levels of the peacock (or, the affluence of the guy who is wearing the watch). \u00a0This type of selection is called the Sexual Selection<\/a>. \u00a0It is a sub-set of natural selection.<\/p>\n Group Selection<\/a> is another sub-set of natural selection. \u00a0It happens when one collection of individuals evolves a trait that is beneficial to the group, even though it may not be beneficial to the individual. \u00a0Our sense of spirituality<\/a> is thought of as a product of group selection.<\/p>\n Natural selection and all its subsets all run on one type of fuel: The Selfish Gene.<\/p>\n Huge, HUGE, part of our nature and behavior is determined by the forces of Sexual Selection. \u00a0Till about a couple of decades ago, we completely under-estimated the impact of the forces of sexual selection on human nature. \u00a0Also, since many forces of sexual selection act only during the reproductive age, its effects are often thought of as vain by people who are outside the reproductive mind set (too young, too old,\u00a0celibates, religions, etc.).<\/p>\n Because of the immense prudishness that surrounds human sexuality, we hesitate to look into this subject or talk about it. \u00a0As a consequence of all this confusion, general public knows next to nothing about how sexual selection makes up who we are. \u00a0Because we don’t understand sexual selection, we keep berating human behavior that is perfectly healthy or encouraging behavior that is totally unhealthy.<\/p>\n There is no way we are going to truly understand the human behavior without understanding how the forces of sexual selection act on us. \u00a0I believe that understanding our very nature is essential to help us redesign our society, our values, our morals, etc. \u00a0And to live happily ever after.<\/p>\n