> >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
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