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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (71176)1/6/2000 3:19:00 PM
From: pezz  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
<<a biological father's instinctive desire to benefit and advance his genes through his children. ....The non-biological male does NOT have this relationship.>> This makes the faulty [imo] assumption that biologically on an instinctive level the male can distinguish his own offspring from off spring living with the family over a period of time. Of course on an intellectual level he can do so but on this level he has every reason to nurture and protect the child.[assuming we are talking of a healthy normal male]
There was a time in my life thatI was close to a woman who had a three year old daughter.I became very close to this child. Taking her to the Merry go round and beach on week ends. Just myself and the child as she didn't want the mother to join us {we eventually figured out that when the three of us were together the child didn't receive the same attention as on our outings } Believe me my instincts to protect this child were as strong as were she my own.
In the wild a male lion will kill the off spring of a pride that he takes over for the very reasons that you state. What do you think would result if a female resident of the pride were impregnated without his knowledge by another lion? Would he have the "instinct" to protect these cubs? I am sure he would.I believe that this instinct must be triggered by close proximity and family life style.Not by intellectual consideration....If your assumptions were correct then the majority of step fathers would be dangerous...I don't believe this to be the case...do you?
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