Re: Conception

From: Julian Lord <jlord_at_free.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:02:44 +0100


Donald :

> >From one POV at least, it is *exactly* like an enormous orgy.
>
> Not from the point of view of the mechanics of sexual reproduction.
> However big the orgy a baby is created by one sperm fertilising one
> egg.

I certainly wouldn't handle orgiastic reproduction in Glorantha the way you're suggesting ... ;-)

> I'm afraid you've lost me with this talk of "Cosmic Sex".

Well, you're not the only one I imagine ...

> Are you
> suggesting that all forms of reproduction are variations on sex? Even
> when the creatures are completely asexual?

Yes, with a few exceptions.

> This depends on what precisely is meant by "accidental pregnancy".
> With the exception of modern Western society an accidental pregnancy
> is one which is outside the social rules of the culture.

Excellent point.

Julian Lord

--__--__--

Powered by hypermail