Developing Tastes

Originally Posted Saturday, October 5, 2013

I just read a review of "Perv" in the New York Times.  The author brings together a number of studies that show the sexual nature of animals is much affected by early experiences.  A rat suckled by a mother whose nipples and sexual organs are bathed in lemon juice is only turned on by similarly scented rats as an adult.  Male sheep and goats who were suckled by the opposite species only want to mate with the opposite species.  Females, predictably, are less discriminating and will mate with either.   Lucy, the chimp raised as a human in a psychologist's home, loved to look at pictures of nude human males and masturbate, placing her vagina on the pictures of the male penis.  And that explains much about the human condition. 

O.K.  It doesn't, perhaps.  But it is interesting.  Wondering what honed my interests, I remembered that my friend had sent me this.

Yes, I guess I'd always wanted to be a photographer.  I think it was the movie "Blow Up" that sealed the deal, though.  Still, it seems that photography classes are populated by a larger percentage of women than men.  I'll have to figure this out somehow.  Perhaps it is the feminine side of me after all.  Maybe if my mother had ridden horses I'd be more attracted to farm animals.  Or if she'd been a melon picker. . . etc. 

In the end, I think, it is all a joke.  I've done my own research into this and have found some very startling things.  I can't reveal the results just yet, nor my particular methods, but truly, "Perv" has not looked deeply enough as far as I can tell from reading only the book review.  No, no, this is serious stuff that needs far more experimentation and research.  If you have any experiences you'd like to contribute, please send them on to me.  Don't be coy.  You can tell me.  This is science, damn it.  I'm a doctor almost.