#1 2020-08-06 22:58:15

Chalk this up to more questions you may have never considered?

"there were very few other people wondering why humans have such a proclivity."

Well now, here's one you may have never considered needed asking. Yet there you go, asked but whatever is the answer?


Why do humans prefer to mate in private?

Anecdotal evidence suggests that human beings generally prefer to mate in private—but why? And why is it so rare? Other than humans, only one other species has demonstrated a preference for privacy during mating: Arabian babblers. To learn more, Ben Mocha retrieved data from 4,572 accounts of cultural studies—ethnographies—and studied them looking for what he describes as normal sexual practices. Those involved were not trying to shock or avoid punishment for engaging in taboo practices such as incest—and were also not in the pornography business. He found that virtually every known culture practices private mating—even in places where privacy is difficult to find. He also looked for examples of other animals mating in private, and found none, except for the babblers. He also found that there were no explanations for it, and in fact, there were very few other people wondering why humans have such a proclivity. And, not surprisingly, he was unable to find any evolutionary theories on the topic.

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#2 2020-08-07 07:28:09

Clearly this is because our forebears ate from the tree of knowledge.  The new revelation of this research is that apparently Arabian babblers did, too.

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