The puzzle is not that some organisms engage in non-procreative sex, though; that's a lot more common than bizarre phenomena like mammalian monogamy or concealed ovulation.
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The puzzle is not that some organisms engage in non-procreative sex, though; that's a lot more common than bizarre phenomena like mammalian monogamy or concealed ovulation.
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The puzzle is not that some organisms engage in non-procreative sex, though; that's a lot more common than bizarre phenomena like mammalian monogamy or concealed ovulation.
Example sentences
When developed nations pursue non-procreative social policies and lose their demographics, they get internally replaced from undeveloped nations.
Are you opposed to 60 year old heterosexual couples having sex since that act is non-procreative?
Just another part of the war on non-procreative sex by the modern social conservatives on both sides of the isle.
That's rough, but Christians commonly hold that heterosexuals aren't supposed to have non-procreative sex either.
In fact, this leads to more STD spread than non-procreative sex, because the child then runs the risk of infection as well.
If you engaged in non-procreative sex in the past year you've done something which has a greater risk for human life and health.
Sodomy (and by that I mean non-procreative sexual activity) is an excellent example whose laws were still active in some states up to 2014* (and maybe still).
A equally big puzzle is all the non-procreative sex that straight people have.
If it were possible to ban all non-procreative sex acts and all forms of contraception, it definitely would affect how many children are born.
The four largest religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and a Buddhism) all address non-procreative sex and either discourage it or limit it to specific persons.
This would make sense of non-procreative coupling from an evolutionary standpoint.
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There is no 'negative feedback' here beyond "being upset that your partner infected you", which is already a factor in non-procreative sex.
Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid birth control, this interpretation is consistent with the demand to "be fruitful and multiply", and forbidding non-procreative sexual activity is mainstream Catholic doctrine.
OK, replace "non-procreative" with "non-consensual".
"Non-normative relationships" or "non-procreative relationships" would have been a great alternative.
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The puzzle is not that some organisms engage in non-procreative sex, though; that's a lot more common than bizarre phenomena like mammalian monogamy or concealed ovulation.