Thanks AdamW. I was only thinking of the likely reactions of women to that loud-mouth. Now that I think about it such remarks are usually aimed at a male audience. At first sight this didn't make too much sense either because most unattached men (and a few attached ones) will mate with anything that's got breasts on!
It's the bit about knowing who the father is that makes it all work. At a time before we formed pairs - and thus mating with non-ovulating females was a complete waste of time - the ideal mate would be the one who was, in modern terms, 'hard to get'. That would certainly be a good survival strategy at the time. I guess the tendency for some men to slag off 'easy' women is just one more remnant of obsolete mating behaviour.
And now for something completely different ---
It's interesting how the English language evolves so that words can completely lose their original meaning. I refer of course to the word "b*****d" which has long since ceased to refer to the marital status of ones parents. I would guess that a whole generation has grown up never knowing that definition and would be very surprized to read it in an old dictionary.
I read the following definition in an old(ish) dictionary. I would guess it was printed in the first half of the twentieth century. Here's the definition of a word beginning with O:
"Paroxysm of desire, rage or other passion."
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Do I detect a hint of an obsolete attitude here? It's so common that I never even noticed the first time.
It's the bit about knowing who the father is that makes it all work. At a time before we formed pairs - and thus mating with non-ovulating females was a complete waste of time - the ideal mate would be the one who was, in modern terms, 'hard to get'. That would certainly be a good survival strategy at the time. I guess the tendency for some men to slag off 'easy' women is just one more remnant of obsolete mating behaviour.
And now for something completely different ---
It's interesting how the English language evolves so that words can completely lose their original meaning. I refer of course to the word "b*****d" which has long since ceased to refer to the marital status of ones parents. I would guess that a whole generation has grown up never knowing that definition and would be very surprized to read it in an old dictionary.
I read the following definition in an old(ish) dictionary. I would guess it was printed in the first half of the twentieth century. Here's the definition of a word beginning with O:
"Paroxysm of desire, rage or other passion."
Answers on a postcard or ring 09012345678 (calls charged at £1-50 per minute).
Addendum:
Do I detect a hint of an obsolete attitude here? It's so common that I never even noticed the first time.
