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akaiyume gave to my last entry
Control of sexuality is a tactic driven by the primate side of human nature. In primate socities, sexual cues drive the games of dominance and submission. The alpha male controls the sexuality of every other male (who submit willingly or by force) and, by extension, the sexuality of every female. It is as though the alpha male has every other male in the tribe collared.
So humans respond to control over sexuality because it is a psychological "pressure point" the authorities can use to earn our submission without us even really knowing why.
This is also why authoritarian governments cannot resist passing laws regulating the use of sex.
These laws are embarassing for the powers-that-be, though, because they cannot be justified by the "Enlightenment" principles that guided the development of our Constitution.
akaiyume gave to my last entryControl of sexuality is a tactic driven by the primate side of human nature. In primate socities, sexual cues drive the games of dominance and submission. The alpha male controls the sexuality of every other male (who submit willingly or by force) and, by extension, the sexuality of every female. It is as though the alpha male has every other male in the tribe collared.
So humans respond to control over sexuality because it is a psychological "pressure point" the authorities can use to earn our submission without us even really knowing why.
This is also why authoritarian governments cannot resist passing laws regulating the use of sex.
These laws are embarassing for the powers-that-be, though, because they cannot be justified by the "Enlightenment" principles that guided the development of our Constitution.
