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Old 03-11-2008, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rsather139 View Post
Locke, your wrong about the purpose of sex. The purpose of sex at this point in our evolution is to bring humans closer together and to help establish families. Its probably one of the reasons that civilization developed. To deny the social aspect of it and say it is simply for reproduction is stupid. If it was just for reproduction why the hell do people have sex even when they don't want kids?

Sex causes a very strong connection between people.
I always thought the drive for sex was just a hormonal thing that gave humans the incentive to breed and reproduce. Given this, people could easily twist the meaning of instinct and make it much more than that or whatever.
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