I wonder
if this is some sort of evolutionary throwback. Men can produce babies faster than women, so in order for men to survive, they try and impregnate as many women as possible, but for a woman to ensure she passes on her genes, she has to chose the best quality man. Another theory is that this may be an evolutionary way of avoiding STDs.

So perhaps over the millennia, we've re-enforced our biologically hardcoded thoughtprocesses with cultural prejudices. Hopefully, if we can be open-minded enough to realise all this for what it is and make responsible use of contraceptives, we could breed a race of humans that have mutated not to have this hardcoded in them.

BTW. That's my chat-up line that is!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 23:08, Reply)