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Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

By Jennifer Dziura / July 19, 2007

Apropos to Josh Strawn's post on Tuesday about Haifa Wehbe, in which he posts a video that has been reminding me for the last two days of why I turned gay in college, this article in Psychology Today, Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature, offers the following:

  • blondes with big tits really are more attractive (that's only half-apropos to Haifa Wehbe, but bear with me)
  • it's natural for politicians to risk their careers to have affairs
  • attractive people have more daughters (what about Posh + Becks?!)…
  • …but sons reduce the risk of divorce
  • men have midlife crises because their wives are old, and biological imperatives propel men to seek out non-menopausal targets for their genetic material
  • and finally, "most suicide bombers are Muslim"

Here's what the article has to say about the latter:

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  • By Anonymous 9/10/07 at 7:04 p.m. UTC

    Polygyny is only practiced in only about 1% of Muslim marriages worldwide. Your theory about “sexual frustration” could just as easily include gender ratio imbalances in society due to selective abortions. For instance, Muslims (and Christians) are the only major groups that have an even gender ratio in India. The Hindus of India on the other hand have a fairly skewed imbalance favoring boys (according to a recent report 10 million female infants have been aborted or killed due to their gender in the past 20 years alone). Thus, your theory would then suggest that Hindus would have even more impetus for violence than Muslims, b/c of this “competitive pressure.” Clearly, the U.S. is not having the same problems in India as it is having in the Middle East. Anyhow, your polygyny argument is a pretty poor distraction from the actual causes of violence in Middle Eastern society, which include our continuing neo-imperalist policies and actions.

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