Adolescent fascination

[Rebiu]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Well, thanks for clearing that up for me. I feel enlightened.

I actually stole it form Binky's guide to Love.

[anglepose]

i dunno bout rest of it but breasts well..
were a bit like some birds showing off, what the opossite sex likes

[Darnok]

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[InfiniteNow]

The draw toward breasts does not appear to be universal. It is more cultural. Americans really love 'em, but not all regions on the planet feel the same.

In some cultures, a long neck is really attractive...
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...neck-stretcher

...or tiny feet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding

...or head flattening and lip stretching...
http://www.fashion-era.com/beauty_is...p%20Stretching



My question, however, was meant to be broader than just "breasts."

[InfiniteNow]

Okay... how about this... Why is masturbation funny? Lots of people tend to punk their friends, whether lovingly or maliciously, by saying they masturbate. I mean, I'd bet that a SIGNIFICANT percentage of the population has masturbated... so what inside of us makes us "adolescent" or "immature" to make fun of others for something we've (most) all done ourselves?


Then, this one time, in band camp...

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Okay... how about this... Why is masturbation funny? Lots of people tend to punk their friends, whether lovingly or maliciously, by saying they masturbate. I mean, I'd bet that a SIGNIFICANT percentage of the population has masturbated... so what inside of us makes us "adolescent" or "immature" to make fun of others for something we've (most) all done ourselves?


Then, this one time, in band camp...

According to The Kinsey Institute 98% of males and 44% of females in college do.
The Kinsey Institute - Sexuality Information Links - FAQ [Related Resources]

[HydrogenBond]

It has to do with the archetype of the trickster figure. This is the baffoon in all of us, mostly men, half human and half animal. By making fun of it, by projecting it onto others, we are able to domesticate it. The little child within the man a little human animal who become more cultural human as an adult. In the middle, near and during adolesence is the trickster halfway house. This inner natural comedian never seems to grow out of men, unless a tough women is able to break you.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by HydrogenBond

It has to do with the archetype of the trickster figure.

I like the idea, and think it has merit. Has it been studied any? I don't recall this while reading the works of Jung...

This is the baffoon in all of us, mostly men, half human and half animal.

Curious. Men are evolved from animals...animals from plants... plants from bacteria... bacteria from molecules...

Where lies the distinction?

Anyhow, baffoon indeed.

By making fun of it, by projecting it onto others, we are able to domesticate it.

So you see us a repressing a natural urge... feeling it inappropriate. So by "projecting it" onto others, we can approach the concept sans guilt?

The little child within the man a little human animal who become more cultural human as an adult.

I don't follow.

In the middle, near and during adolesence is the trickster halfway house. This inner natural comedian never seems to grow out of men

So, you're suggesting that we all reach a point in our lives, at a certain age, where we let go of childish things and move into more intellectual spheres of the world? That men tend less often to let go of those things than females?

unless a tough women is able to break you.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Freddy

According to The Kinsey Institute 98% of males and 44% of females in college do.

Actually, according to Pinkerton, Bogul, Cecil, and Abramson.

Also, these self-reports will tend to under report actual numbers, as participants, despite the promise of anonymity, will still lie to themselves and hence will not be forthright on a questionnaire.