Polyamory chic, gay jealousy and the evolution of a broken heart
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=polyamory-chic-gay-jealousy-and-the-2010-08-25
My first Idea for a primary source is an article I read in Scientific American some time ago. It explores, among other things, why women tend to be more interested in the emotional part of a
relationship while men tend to be more interested in the sexual part from an evolutionary point of view.
My second primary source is an excerpt from the graphin novel From Hell. Unfortunatly, I have no way to post this to the blog. If you are familiar with the novel, I would appreciate your input.
I really like your first source. I think that it is a very new, exciting way to look at relationships in modern day society. You can go a lot of different ways with this. You can look at it analytically and break down the parts that relate to you. In fact, you could try to relate it to each "type" of person (i.e. homosexual, straight, bisexual, transgender). If you did that, it would be a great way to explore rhetoric of love in our modern day society. As for your second source, I am not familiar with this. I feel like you would have a great primary source if you used that article.
ReplyDelete"Right is irrelevant. There is only what works and what doesn’t work, within context, in biologically adaptive terms."
ReplyDeleteThis quote was the most profound in the article for me. People avoid many activities because they have been told that they are wrong to do, but they don't realize that they do not actually know the reason they might be wrong. The value lies in understanding the advantages and disadvantages of all choices, so that one can make a more informed decision.