|
Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
|
 Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: |
 |
|
| mithridates wrote: |
| Any concrete details on exactly what the last sentence means? What did they define as a sex hang-up? |
I remember specifically that the culture is free of sexual abuse of children.
I can't list every culture in the world, but I can give a sample which will indicate that the cultures which are most permissive of nudity among children and most permissive of cross-gender relationships among children are those cultures which have the least sexual abuse of children.
| Masta_Don wrote: |
| Do indigenous people whose societies are still untouched, such as in inner Africa, do they wear clothes covering their gentials? |
It has been generalized that every society wears some sort of clothing or ornamentation.
However, I remember from anthropology class that the Siriono tribe of Bolivia does not go for either.
Last edited by tomato on Mon May 28, 2007 4:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
|
| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Masta_Don wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
What be the name of this book? It seems interesting.
|
Strangely enough, Evolution. It's by Stephen Baxter.
Some of the ideas posted could be contributing factors (migration, social status) but what I'm curious about is, when people start wearing clothes, do they start by covering their genitals? It would seem that in times when language was rudimentary, people would still be relying on cues like male ornamentation to mate. In covering those bits they would be cutting out that cue which seems counter-productive, except as a cheater strategy.
Do indigenous people whose societies are still untouched, such as in inner Africa, do they wear clothes covering their gentials? |
Wow thats cool, I read that book when I was on the plane home at christmas. It is a very interesting read. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
|
| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Men tend to think of clothes as purely functional, a way to survive and, thinking of people like North Sea fishermen, that's true, but still exaggerated. People can withstand greater extremes of temperature than we think. The real purpose of clothes is to display status and attract the opposite sex, like plumage.
Rather than evolving cumbersome sets of tail feathers like the peacock, we have evolved civilisation as a means of producing ever nicer and nicer clothes. The move from animal skins to cotton or wool meant settled agriculture. The demand for silk led to world exploration. The industrial revolution started with textile manufacture. All thanks to a basic competitive evolutionary drive to please women.
Basically, without women men would run around naked. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
|
| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Privateer wrote: |
Basically, without women men would run around naked. |
It's true. Just watch '300' if you don't believe. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
