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Monkeys Pay for Monkey Porn
An anonymous reader writes "Give a monkey some spending money, and he'll blow it on pictures of women monkeys. He'll also pay to see dominant monkeys. But you'll have to pay him to look at inferior monkeys. That's the upshot of a study out of Duke that was designed to explore the 'social machinery of the brain with an eye toward helping autism patients.' Next up -- seriously -- the researchers want to run the same test on Joe Sixpack (sans the monkey business)."
Do they spank the monkey as part of the experiment?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
....the next time you get caught looking at porn, you can point to this article and say, "Hey it's not me, it's evolution, baby."
Where can I download this monkey porn?
Anyone else get a completely different meaning out of that then they intended?
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i stopped paying for porn the day i discovered a web browser!
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My boss doesn't like it when I call him "baby".
Watching sports is not a sexual behaviour, but rather a herd behaviour. It strengthens the bond to the "herd", in this case the followers of the same team. It also appeals to the competitive side of humans, since sports (usually? always?) are a competition. It's hardly a display of gay sexuality.
>Give a monkey some spending money, and he'll blow it on pictures of women monkeys
Give researchers some money, and they'll spend it on monkey porn
Ok, silly question...
If a male monkey gets off on looking at pictures of naked (human) women, is that considered bestiality?
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I must disagree. I have read several books that attempt to show coorelation between primate behavior and many human behaviors. These studies are important in the nature/nurture arguments and important in learning how to treat social and mental disorders.
Besides, anything that strengthens the argument that watching p0rn is natural gets my vote for futher funding.
I rarely read replies, it's my opinion and if you thought about your opinion a little more, I'm OK with that.
There's a subtle sexualisation of contact
The sexualisation happens in your head, dude. Physical contact is not inherently sexual, it's just christianity's fucked up relationship with sexuality that makes it so.
In many cultures it is perfectly natural to take someone by the hand to show them the way somewhere, even if both parties are adult males. Most americans would consider it "gay". Now what sort of mental condition and view of sexuality does that require?
Not that many other cultures don't have their own serious hangups, of course.
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This is an attitude of what those comfortable with Autism call a "curebie". I am the parent of a wonderful boy who happens to have autsim, and I can tell you, he is no need of a "cure".
Autism is categorized as a system-wide neurological disorder. A "disorder" because the system of an autistic individual deviates from what is considered "normal". These are most likely inherited traits. To "cure" autism would pretty much be a system of eugenics. Once born with these traits, there is no cure. Just as there would be no cure for left-handedness or red hair. This is not an acquired disease, this is who these people are.
Not being comfortable with looking at someone in the face is not the end of the world. I hope to teach my son coping mechanisms to live in a world that does not make sense to him, there is no need for him to pretend to not be autistic and fit in with the Neurotypical folk.
As cool as it is that monkeys like porn as much as the average slashdotter, this research in my opinion is misguided.
There are two kinds of fool. One says, This is old, and therefore good. And one says, This is new, and therefore better.
Well, women look at pretty women as at dominant females. It is the same as posters of Jordans and Beckhams and who else in male teenagers' rooms.
But true, this is weird. While guys like to watch sportsmen and actors (dominant males) and women like to watch actors and models (for sexual reasons), magazines with female photos on the cover sell better - and AFAIK it has been proven. Men are allowed on covers only if accompanied by a woman or with a baby or, seldom, if they are really, really mega celebrities.
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