In chapter 10, Dawkins explained the basic behavior of ants
of bees that are part of the group of “social insects.” He gave a very thorough
explanation of how this community of “social insects” functions. There are two
types of insects, like two social classes. The most important is the queen and
then there´s the workers. The role of the workers is to keep the community
going and to satisfy the queen. (By satisfy I don´t mean like presents or
massages, just feed her and keep her alive.) The role of the queen is to live
and reproduce herself. One of the most interesting things is the way she reproduces
herself. Instead of mating with a male each time she wants to reproduce, she
does it only ones and stores the sperm of the mate, to be used further one. In
this community of insects, sex is only used for reproduction. That is the main
reason why insects and animal mate, with the exception of humans. Even though the main purpose of sex in humans
is also reproduction, many do it for pleasure. This is why condoms,
anti-conceptive or many other prevention methods exist. Many happy couples of
single people want to have sex in order to reproduce and have a baby but most
of the people today, want to have sex in order to entertain themselves. I don´t
know it that is a sign of intelligence or stupidity but people could argue
both. A stronger believer in the first option would say that humans are more
intelligent because they have discovered other things that sex can offer. A
believer of the latter can argue and say that it is not an intelligent thing to
do because thanks to unprotected sex and the wild imagination of humans many
people have died. To make myself clear, through sex one can get many diseases
that can end up killing a person. If the companion is not a known person, the
stakes of this occurring are very high. Is it worth it risking one´s health for
the “pleasure and entertainment” of one night?
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