X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.0-r431796 Sender: -2.6 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.13.0) with ESMTP id l2AFUHGc022314 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:30:17 -0500 Received: from serenity.mr.itd.umich.edu (mx.umich.edu [141.211.14.136]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2AFU6B8001862 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:30:12 -0500 Received: FROM rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [216.148.227.153]) BY serenity.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 45F2CEF2.7488A.11518 ; 10 Mar 2007 10:29:54 -0500 Received: from wayne.edu (c-68-40-104-36.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.40.104.36]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20070310152952m13007dipke>; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:29:52 +0000 Message-ID: <45F2CEE4.B206B76C Æ wayne.edu> Organization: Wayne State University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0-r431796 (2006-08-16) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:29:40 -0500 To: Eva Revesz CC: dreeves Æ umich.edu, improvetheworld Æ umich.edu, reeves-hayos Æ umich.edu, improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: Andrew Reeves Subject: Re: Grandpa Andrew's Reflections on Marriage Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 956 Hello Trixie, I had no idea that my tongue-in-cheek remarks about marriage are going to start another big Internet discussion that begins to rival our big fall debate about feminism. OF COURSE, I did not mean everything I said seriously; I thought I made that clear with "I really wanted them all" or "what a waste of natural resources". I was setting the stage for the main point, namely humor in marriage. That said, you disregard in your reply the gender differences between male & female psychology. I won't get here into a physiological discussion of spermatogenesis vs. ovulation, but these processes do have hormonal consequences that can be character-forming, and while I agree with you that "being in love" can be only towards one person at one time, that "time" can be of very different average duration between the sexes. For further information, read the libretto of The Marriage of Figaro, specifically the stage character of Cherubino. So, as you can see, the sentiment is not new. Kevin Lochner came to my rescue with the Polyandry citation from the Vikipedia, which is more than what I could have quoted off hand. But anyone who had traveled to Tibet and the Xinjiang province of China (as we did, twice, in the 90's) has heard of these things. I do not advocate the practice for adoption in Western societies. Postscript only to Trixie: Philip was to send me banking information in relation to his birthday money! Love, GGPA & S