I mean, it is unironically a good question though. There’s no biological reason for why that can’t happen, and in fact, it would be more efficient! You’d be less exposed to predators etc
The actual answer is, of course, that there are other reasons for why it’s a longer activity. Such as, for example, it being about social bonding
It’s an overly broad statement tbh as these things are always a confluence of social pressures but yes, there’s a decent amount of scholarship specifically on that, public responses to the AIDs crisis both in the 80’s and in areas still suffering from it, the rise and fall of classical Bacchanalian-type cults, etc.
I mean, it is unironically a good question though. There’s no biological reason for why that can’t happen, and in fact, it would be more efficient! You’d be less exposed to predators etc
The actual answer is, of course, that there are other reasons for why it’s a longer activity. Such as, for example, it being about social bonding
so that means sex with neighbors should be acceptable? if true I have some great news for my ex!
The world would be a far far better place if we were all just horny, depraved, sluts
Hell yeah. Being a slut is great
Puritanical movements are historically a social response to widespread sexually transmitted illnesses
Really? Which ones? Syphillis came from the colombian exchange, are puritans a response to that one?
It’s an overly broad statement tbh as these things are always a confluence of social pressures but yes, there’s a decent amount of scholarship specifically on that, public responses to the AIDs crisis both in the 80’s and in areas still suffering from it, the rise and fall of classical Bacchanalian-type cults, etc.