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so i guess the biological argument would imply that a serial killer deserves no punishment because he/she is not biologically capable of respecting life? .
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i think punishing a sociopath is pointless, as sociopaths have no conscience and feel no guilt. i would think that you want to REMOVE the sociopath from society if you wish to be practical. the relatives of the victims may demand blood however. are you for the death penalty?
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is it ok to be a racist/xenophobe because of the argument that humans are biologically defensive and suspicious of different groups? is it ok to be a rapist because allegedly it is your instinct to reproduce?
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humans are indeed biologically defensive and suspicious, but they can be domesticated into getting along. apparently, babies are able to recognize "racial" traits from infancy, but it's not yet clearly determined if this is genetic or if they pick up cues from parents. they are good at distinguishing between the mother tongue and foreign languages in the cradle though (neuroscience experiments reveal that), so i wouldn't be surprised if the facial recognition firmware in our brain is imprinted.
this is no excuse for undomesticated animals trying to live in society however. having rampant racists roaming is a failure to civilize people.
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also, all evidence suggests that this idea is not complete, and gender conditioning actually plays the major role. A male transgender could have the same levels or hormones that some are claiming that determine their behaviour.
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i dont know what you mean by this but transgender biology is much more complex than "hormones". it is often
related to genetics and hormons at the fetal level and how the brain develops. male hormones on a male brain cause one thing. male hormones on a female brain cause another.
by the way, it's a known fact that women with higher testosteron levels are hornier, and some women who lack sexual desire get prescribed supplements of... testosterone!
we all have testosterone and estrogen and other hormones by the way. how we turn out is a matter of ratios and interactions that are strongly individual in the end.
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As for men always being wired for sex, I think we all know that is a myth.
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How do you mean? We are ALL wired for sex. You think women don't get horny?
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Men grow up to talk about sex more openly,
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depends-- in some places men don't talk at all. and i know plenty of bawdy, horny, loudmouth women who discuss their sexuality openly.
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but they are also extremely repressed and it is part of their gender role to ACT like they are always thinking about sex. Libido varies a lot from person to person, due to many reasons.
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ok, there may be some measure of social pressure when you're maybe 13 to act like you're all horny when maybe you wanna be talking about your stamp collection. yes there is social pressure to CONFORM. but there's social pressure to conform about all kinds of things, not just sex-- money, war, social class, clothing, etc. the human herd instinct is strong.
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As The way that people simplify things all the time as if they had all the answers
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right, so don't oversimplify it by attributing it all to "social conditioning" is what i'm saying.
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As And yes, the majority of the people are in China or India where baby girls are thrown in rubbish bins on a regular basis. So let's not even begin implying that women's rights are irrelevant at this point.
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whoa, i haven't claimed anywhere that women's rights are irrelevant. i hope this wasn't directed at me? there's a lot to be done in this area-- from female circumcision to human sex trafficking to child prostitution to mandatory burkhas to unequal pay to discriminatory health care (don't get me started on abortion being cut out of national health care), women are getting fucked over in a bad way in many places all over the world. but you can fight for the right of women and love to see their naked pictures. what's wrong with the human body? especially this one?
i mean! look at her!
does my enjoyment of this picture translate in me supporting the mutilation of african girls???? fuck the hell no!