The Moon Beastess

basics of sexual conflict within species. taught to undergrads who study evolutionary biology everywhere. 

note how male is analogous with parasite and predator

‘male trait costly to females’ means males harming females

note how female doesn’t just ‘submit’ to being harmed, but evolves countermeasures. it’s an arms race

Why are traits with harmful side effects not selected against, given the shared genetic interest in offspring? Individuals may benefit from harmful effects in other individuals. In a multiple mating situation, or a potential multiple mating situation (most often for mammals, because most mammals are polygynous or promiscuous), MALE benefits from damaging the female now, because then a) the female doesn’t mate again until later, when the damage is repaired, so the male gets the paternity, and b) female reproduces more now.

the male doesn’t benefit from the female having a long & healthy life after their mating, because then the female will mate with other males.

a basic paper about it, pdf

quote:

The idea that natural selection would favor a male that harmed his mate is counterintuitive. After all, reducing the survival or fecundity of a male’s mate would seem to diminish rather than enhance his own reproductive fitness. To see why natural selection can sometimes favor males that harm their mates we need to consider the mating system of the species. If there is lifelong monogamy and random mating, then there is a perfect correlation between the fitness of a male and his mate and the potential for evolutionary conflict between the sexes is absent. But any deviation from this monogamous mating system reduces the correlation for lifetime fitness between a copulating pair, and this generates the potential for intersexual evolutionary conflict and the subsequent evolution of male-induced harm to their mates

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8. Not worth the book deal

Tom Wysom, 55, of Ottawa, has been arrested for the possession and distribution of child pornography. When Wysom was arrested, he was found to be in the possession of over 60,000 images deemed to be child pornography, as well as at least 1,625 videos. His IMDB page has him credited as an animator and character builder for 26 episodes of My Little Pony and 23 episodes of Littlest Pet Shop between 2012 an 2015. Wysom pleaded guilty to all charges against him.

Wysom, who was born and raised in Wales, worked there as a postal clerk until 1992 when he moved to Canada. He spent parts of four years hitchhiking across the country before being granted permanent resident status in 1996. His resume states that he studied both fine art and commercial animation, and his work was once exhibited at Ottawa’s Cube Gallery. There was no mention of any degrees attained.

Wysom told the court that he had been watching child pornography as an offshoot of his addiction to adult pornography. His reasoning, as reported by the Ottawa Citizen, was that he had consumed so much “normal” pornography dating back to about a decade ago, that it no longer stimulated him, to the point that he had become desensitized to it and “needed something more.” He then went on to explain that it had been helping him deal with his clinical depression and other unspecified medical issues.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Gray performed an assessment of Wysom that concluded he has a “pedophilic disorder.” As the court report shows, Wysom told Dr. Gray that he was dealing with untreated stress issues, and that child pornography was helping him deal with it. The presiding judge, Justice David Berg, was reported to have appeared agitated by Wysom’s explanations, which are hosted in part at Horse News.

“…he had consumed so much “normal” pornography dating back to about a decade ago, that it no longer stimulated him, to the point that he had become desensitized to it and “needed something more.””

I TOLD HER I WAS A GIRL AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T KNOW

MY LAST 3 PROFILE PICTURES HAVE ALL BEEN OF ME IN WOMEN’S CLOTHING AND MAKEUP

Male and female brains aren’t wired differently

‘Witch’

Most of us don’t stand for children transitioning

Most of us acknowledge the existence of biological sex

Most of us know that homosexual means “attracted to the same sex” and don’t try to push gay people into including trans people in their dating pool

Actual dysphoria, which is needed to be trans, is not about gender roles

Most of us don’t stand for neopronouns and shit like that

Most of us just want to transition in peace and don’t cause harm.