Do male monkeys think - "What a hot babe!" ???

[Iamme]

Ever watch those tv shows that show monkeys engaging in the act for a few seconds? Does anythng possibly run through their mind like my thread title says? Or is it purely "instinct" that is put in the male monkey's mind, to keep the species going? Or is there rather this 'urge' that crops up from time to time?

I have no such instinct. I could in no way feel like engaging in that act unless the chick were a hot babe. Sorry to all others. I have no inclination to be instinctive.

Maybe I am not normal. I do not know. I see some guys with someone that I can't imagine how they could ever......well, you know. I would actually want to run.

I am not the only one. A landlord I work for, who is married and has had a kid, said that if he had to do the act with this one woman we were talking about, he would actually throw up. I said, "Me too!" It would wreck it for me to do the act with anyone else.

Now if it is only instinct with the monkey, do you suppose some poeple actually have retained this (evolutionary) instinct?, while others of us do not?

[Cavemonster]

Why do you categorize the need for your mating partner to be "a hot babe" as outside the realm of instinct?

Yes, monkeys and fish and all manner of animal are selective with their mates. Their instincts push them toward mates with desirable qualities for bringing healthy young into the world and then ensuring those young live.

If your view of hotness includes good skin, teeth and hair, that's an instinctive signal that your offspring will inherit healthy genes, these are signs of overall bodily health.

If you're attracted to the curves of hips or breasts, I'm sorry to inform you that these are your body's way of telling you that this potential mate has a pelvis capable of bearing young without undue complication and a working setup to deliver plentiful milk to feed them with.

[athon]

Why do you categorize the need for your mating partner to be "a hot babe" as outside the realm of instinct?

Yes, monkeys and fish and all manner of animal are selective with their mates. Their instincts push them toward mates with desirable qualities for bringing healthy young into the world and then ensuring those young live.

If your view of hotness includes good skin, teeth and hair, that's an instinctive signal that your offspring will inherit healthy genes, these are signs of overall bodily health.

If you're attracted to the curves of hips or breasts, I'm sorry to inform you that these are your body's way of telling you that this potential mate has a pelvis capable of bearing young without undue complication and a working setup to deliver plentiful milk to feed them with.

I don't think Iamme looks at a girl and thinks - 'Wow, she looks healthy, and those breasts sure could come in handy feeding my offspring'. ;)

So, in answer to his question, I'd say yes. Just as Iamme looks at a girl and simply thinks 'wow, hot' (i.e., doesn't cognitively recognise the evolutionary justification behind it, but rather just has an innate behavioural response), monkeys would do the same, just in monkeyese.

Athon

[CurtC]

I don't think Iamme looks at a girl and thinks - 'Wow, she looks healthy, and those breasts sure could come in handy feeding my offspring'. ;)

That's what he was saying - Iamme isn't consciously thinking those thoughts, but his underlying instincts are thinking it for him. If he has the impression that his sex drive is anything other than an instinct, he's way off.

[uk_dave]

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Well I would.

[Capsid]

More importantly, what do the babe monkeys think of the male hunk monkeys? Or is that hunkeys?

[Bill Thompson]

Chimps and Gorillas sometimes seem to get crushes on their trainers and leb techs in research labs.

[SumDood]

That's what he was saying - Iamme isn't consciously thinking those thoughts, but his underlying instincts are thinking it for him. If he has the impression that his sex drive is anything other than an instinct, he's way off.

I definitely believe there is more too it than instinct. Environmental and social factors have an effect as well. Why do american men find women who don't shave their armpits or legs unattractive? Not instincts. Why is the natural 'sweaty' body odor considered attractive in some parts of the world and not others? Not instincts. Society and the media tell us that skinny is attractive and even slightly over-weight is not.

[Cainkane1]

Chimps and Gorillas sometimes seem to get crushes on their trainers and leb techs in research labs.
I've heard the same thing about porpoises.

[The Shrike]

Gotta consider the prevailing mating strategy too. "Monkeys" can be party to multiple mating systems, but it's probably most common to see a nature show featuring a polygynous society. In polygyny, one male mates with multiple females. The more he mounts the better his fitness (to a point, at least). In a polygynous system, females can be exceedingly choosy, but males usually are not.

We humans tend to be more equally choosy. That's because we tend a little more toward monogamy.