Letters to the Editor
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Bonobos or Chimps?
We have a lot of DNA in common with them. Are we the constantly groping, humpy sorts, engaged in a lot of bonding via frottage? Or are we the violent, forceful types, beaten down by large silverbacked males, supported by their large alpha females. Hard to tell. I learned a lot about people with my flickr account. I have a lot of photos up. A bunch are of the freeway overpass that melted when a gas truck blew up. That got lots of hits. The rest of my photos are of pets, landscapes and zoo animals. The one that gets the most hits of all the animal photos has "mating behavior" as part of the title.
We primates are sex obsessed, and no one does it like Americans. Israel had Golda Meir. Ireland's had two female presidents. The Brits have the Queen and had Thatcher. There was Benazir Bhutto and Indira Ghandi. I don't recall a lot of handwringing about their sex lives, tho I did like the UN picture where the president of Ireland wore a sassy red suit that really made her stand out.
I'd hate to think we are still lumbering, ball sniffing apes in this country and that our president will be chosen, based on some stereotypes of "post sexual" (my shiny white ass) women or men fantasizing about getting some arm candy with that hip replacement. But, I would not be surprised.