Holy crap you're right! I completely forgot about the brothel. Thanks! :-)
Still...human physiology is completely tied to our sexuality. Dimorphism, secondary characteristics (let alone the primary ones)...why would beings that reproduce asexually even have breasts...or any "plumbing" at all? You'd think everyone would look like naked Barbie/Ken dolls. It would seem to me that the distinctions between "male" and "female" would break down completely.
I know I'm over-thinking this. :-) It's just that I LOVE a story with a little sexual tension in it (makes the world go 'round) and I'm having a hard time buying that there would be any in this story. Also it seems so funny to me, that they live in a world redolent with war and violence...but at least they don't have to carry babies in their wombs (whew!). What kinds of issues does the author have with that? Is it just an "eastern" thing? I just keep wondering where the author was coming from. Maybe it's just part of ancient Chinese mythology (like the Kirin). *shrug*
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Date: 2006-03-31 07:19 am (UTC)Still...human physiology is completely tied to our sexuality. Dimorphism, secondary characteristics (let alone the primary ones)...why would beings that reproduce asexually even have breasts...or any "plumbing" at all? You'd think everyone would look like naked Barbie/Ken dolls. It would seem to me that the distinctions between "male" and "female" would break down completely.
I know I'm over-thinking this. :-) It's just that I LOVE a story with a little sexual tension in it (makes the world go 'round) and I'm having a hard time buying that there would be any in this story. Also it seems so funny to me, that they live in a world redolent with war and violence...but at least they don't have to carry babies in their wombs (whew!). What kinds of issues does the author have with that? Is it just an "eastern" thing? I just keep wondering where the author was coming from. Maybe it's just part of ancient Chinese mythology (like the Kirin). *shrug*