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more about #sociology more comments → BuckCosby: *eyeroll* I bet I can tell you why all of these people are serial marriers: they think that marriage is an important part of having a long-term relati... more » boxspelunker: I find it disingenuous to decide that all animal behavior is The Model for Natural Human behavior. Is fish behavior the same as bird behavior the sam... more » JerseyGrrrl: Ms. Natalie Angier, you are AWESOME. I love your big sexy brain and your distractingly-funny-but-full-of-actual-science books. And as usual, I agree w... more » colormeroutine: I am confused as to how serial monogomy related to polygamy, and how the one is supposed to legitimize the other. The problems people usually point ou... more » lecoqsportif: There is a growing evolutionary biology cohort who contend that the evidence for the biological basis of our theories abot polygyny and ALPHA MALE are... more » NefariousNewt: When are people going to stop trying to "marry" every scientific discovery to general human behavior? It's simple -- marriage is a social device, cre... more » badmutha: So let me get this straight. You're saying I am not supposed to follow the great and learned sociologist's advice for my life? Next you'll be telling ... more » morninggloria: I prefer stealing children to stealing husbands. Much cheaper to feed. more » LuvEwan: "Too Many Husbands" is long overdue for a remake, starring Ewan McGregor, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson and introducing LuvEwan as the Luckiest Bitch on E... more » ceejeemcbeegee is not here: My people are of the "knowing head nod" persuasion. A pound or fist bump is also acceptable. more » SomeAuthorGirl: Hee hee, this was a great thread. I recently had a very funny friend of mine (American) expound on this, at great and amusing length, and wonder why h... more » MediasBlue: Errr, what about a handshake? Or a nice smile and a head bob? I've never been around people who kiss a greeting (not such a big thing here in the rura... more » takeitasred: this topic is extremely relevant to my life. I attend a masters program at a university filled with international students. There is endless confusion... more » resonanteye: universal; kiss hand, throw at person, smile. more » bowleserised: I was accustomed to the London literary lovey two-kiss, then travelled to Canada and seemed to seriously disturb some people by doing that, and now in... more » -
#itheedread
Research On Marrying Women Will Definitely Lead To Sweeping Generalizations
Perhaps in response to all the recent talk about the female imperative for mate-poaching - or perhaps coincidentally - today's "Science Times" brings a piece by Natalie Angier suggesting that women are also prone to serial marriage.
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#kissing
Kissin' Cousins
U.S.: One kiss. France: Two. Netherlands: 3. In today's "Freakonomics," Daniel Hamermesh asks, who makes the kissing rules? Who changes them? How do we learn them? And we'd better! [New York Times]
