10 Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

Dionysus · #1 07-10-2007, 10:19 AM

...according to Psychology Today.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/artic...622-000002.xml

What are your thoughts about this? The truth or a bunch of bullsh*t? What things you believe about human nature that may be viewed as politically incorrect? I think it would be a good idea to exclude anything racial, we don't want this thread to turn into the 2002nd racial discussion we have here on GC.

Drolefille · #2 07-10-2007, 10:40 AM

Eh, I'd like to see sources for a lot of what he's saying. There's some debate over whether prehistoric humans were monogamous or not.

I'd argue that while some women might benefit from idealized polygyny, (by sharing a wealthy man) in reality it's not the same.

For the things like having a son (because he's worth more) means the marriage stays together. Where is that exactly? The US? Worldwide? India? Same with the beautiful people having a daughter, I was only skimming at this point, but there's no way for a woman's beauty to affect the sex of a baby, only men affect the sex of the baby.

And finally, DUH physical attractiveness=reproductive success. That's why we find them attractive. That's why fatter people were attractive when fat=wealthy or fat=good childbearing. The most attractive are assumed to be the most healthy who will pass the best genes on to your children.

There are some truths in there, but I think that mostly it's just someone who wants to say nonPC things for the sake of it.

OneTimeSBX · #3 07-10-2007, 11:15 AM

mostly bull if you ask me. especially the suicide bomber one. its just a bit racist/presumptuous.

i do like the one about beautiful people having daughters...i am expecting my second girl, i am the oldest of 3 girls, and my fiance has 3 sisters. total bull too, but i like it!

(is that shallow lol?)

the one about women wanting to be bombshells may not have proof, but i do know that you just cant find non-bombshell looking dolls/role models anymore. i love America Fererra, she is a beautiful healthy girl, but shes still a bombshell! there are no average looking Barbies. i raise my daughter to look at everyone the same and i try to keep her away from the primped and coiffed toys/shows/role models. its very hard. it is what we are exposed to from the very start...

shinerbock · #4 07-10-2007, 11:36 AM

Interesting.

The suicide bombing one was gutsy, props to them.

OneTimeSBX · #5 07-10-2007, 11:42 AM

you know, i almost understand the suicide bomber one...i dont think its nice to say, but...

it doesnt say a particular race, just a religious group. maybe i need to do more research, but statistically you hear more about those type of bombings than any other. i dont believe too many other religions offer the same "reward" in the afterlife for martyrs...

please, anyone, correct me if im wrong...

Drolefille · #6 07-10-2007, 11:53 AM

Statistically I'm pretty sure he's right, as for his reasons, I'm not sure I agree. I think it has a lot more to do with the influence of religion and the fundamentalist clerics who propogate that. There have been Christians* who've done the same things, but what one fundamentalist church here teaches, it's so much more prevalent there. Combine that with socioeconomic oppression and you've got people who will die, not because they aren't going to have wives (polygyny isn't that common) but because their family gets $$ and their family already has an heir.

I highly doubt many suicide bombers blow themselves up just because they can't get any in this life.

*Christianity does say martyrs go to heaven, it's all in the interpretation of that. Just because it doesn't involve virgins or white raisins or whatever doesn't mean that people won't die for their faith, even if it's a twisted version of the faith.