Wednesday, 22 February 2012

What happened?

Quick question...when did men and women become two different species? How is it that male and female animals of the same species can be wired so differently that propagation of the species seems an unlikely miracle? Men are attracted to women and vice versa. Its what happens after the pair bonding process that gets muddy. Men, it seems are always thinking about sex. They can become aroused easily and often. Women see sex differently and don't feel the compulsion the way men do. Often this results in misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and sometimes the end of relationships.
Countless books, seminars, discussion groups and web pages are dedicated to bridging the gap that seems to exist currently between the sexes. There is a whole industry created to make money off of trying to reconcile mankind to itself! So what happened that in the 20,000 years since we differentiated ourselves from the chimps that now we have to figure out what it means to be a man and a woman in a relationship? Is this the next stage in our evolution? Becoming more like grizzly bears than birds which mate for life? Are we just now coming to the understanding that humans are really incapable of monogamy? Is monogamy a human invention which goes against our natural hardwired drive? I would be sadly disillusioned to discover that to be the case. I'm just putting it out there.