http://www.emandlo.com/2009/06/blog-snog-06-12-09/ Your daily dose of advice, news, and stories about sex, love, and other important stuff. No yoga mat required. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.emandlo.com/2009/06/blog-snog-06-12-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 Slartibartfast Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://www.emandlo.com/?p=3779#comment-2953 The willingness of people to believe that humans and societies were somehow 'better' (e. g. more chaste, less materialistic, more giving, less opportunistic) in the halcyon days of yore never ceases to amaze and amuse. One study published last year examined birth and wedding records from Puritan New England. Either the gestation period for homo sapiens has increased markedly since the mid-17th century or slightly more than 60% of couples during that time were expectant when they married. I guess parthenogenesis could explain it. Or it might just be that people used to like sex almost as much as they do now. In or out of marriage. The willingness of people to believe that humans and societies were somehow ‘better’ (e. g. more chaste, less materialistic, more giving, less opportunistic) in the halcyon days of yore never ceases to amaze and amuse. One study published last year examined birth and wedding records from Puritan New England. Either the gestation period for homo sapiens has increased markedly since the mid-17th century or slightly more than 60% of couples during that time were expectant when they married. I guess parthenogenesis could explain it. Or it might just be that people used to like sex almost as much as they do now. In or out of marriage.

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