WWotD - 6 April 2012

This story so needed to be written. This story so needed to be read. This story makes me so, so happy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/60302.stm

Tricks for Stones, yo!

Why does this tickle my fancy? Because humans try so hard to define a "normal"  (couched in religious, legal, moral, scientific, etc. terminology) and disparage anything that falls outside of that norm. But we're just a bunch of hairless apes, with a human mind laid on top of animal urges. The more we study other living creatures on this planet, the more we find that we're just like them and better our appreciation for their sophistication.

Back to my main point: humans have a love/hate relationship with prostitution, and we miss the point that across the animal kingdom there are those that use sex for survival. I understand the cultural "norm" of monogamy and the revilement of women who act outside of it. It stems from the importance of validating blood lines for inheritance of property. Today however we have DNA tests; no matter what (or who) a woman does she can always go on Maury and verify paternity. We also have women who are able to work and own property, creating less of a need to validate paternity for inheritance. So slut it up, ladies, and get you some pebbles: modern science has got you covered.

as·per·sion

 noun \ə-ˈspər-zhən, -shən\

Definition of ASPERSION

1

: a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies

2

a : a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation <cast aspersions on her integrity>b : the act of making such a charge : defamation
from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspersion