ArrantPariah wrote:
This would tend to reveal the danger inherent in seeking romance with a woman who has children.
The desire to kill the other man's spawn resides in our genes.
And, if there is any conflict at all between you and her child, then she will invariably be on her child's side.
Couldn't it go the other way though? I mean if you see an attractive mom and then see a bunch of screaming unruly kids who act half their age and show no sign of discipline it reflects back up to her as less attractive for dropping the ball and if she drops the ball there where else?
Testosterone/estrogen might have some impacts on our pass-times, how we shop, tv/movie choices, or our general demeanor while operating a motor vehicle but we seem to have a pretty good safeguard - or at least most of us - against some of the more basal animal behaviors and those who don't generally find such mistakes prohibitively expensive either to their freedom or to their finances.