Why the size difference???

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Tender: [
****The generality is one thing.  But the particular, the individual human being, is another.   Diversity is only wonderful if it affects you positively.  For those who are affected negatively, it is hardly wonderful -- like for those with genetic diseases, or subnormal intelligence, or socially unacceptable or devalued qualities or features.  

 Somehow I don't think "it'll all be OK later in heaven" is an answer when you have to live now....[/quote]****


Well I have to chime in on this one. I hope I dont misinterpret the misinterpretaion of the misinterprated.
(did that make sense?! :-/ ) This will have nothing to do with a penis, so feel free to bail out at any time...
Anyway, as I have posted before, my son has autism and is mentally retarded. I talk freely about it as that IS the way he is. I agree that diversity was created for our enjoyment and that God created us all unique, (Pecker explained that one the other day... ahem...).
I also believe that God has for whatever reason chosen for my son to be the way he is.
I do not know or understand why. I cannot fathom why a God who claims to be loving can allow something so horrible. :'( I have prayed many times for my son to be healed, and His answer has been NO. I think in my heart, it is not right for MY son to be whole, there are many other little boys suffering, why should *he* be excluded from that. I am not 'special' in that God would favor me over another.

When he was born, we thought he was essentially OK. The dr told us he may have a hearing problem, but he was premature, and by the time we had him home for a couple days, we were sure he could hear. He later passed his hearing screen.

When he was one month old, we had him dedicated to God. The song we played at his dedication service was "Wordless One". We had NO IDEA that he would be diagnosed as autistic 3 yrs later. He is almost 7 now and does not speak.

I did not even realize this until about 2 yrs ago. I was feeling sorry for myself one day, or rather for him, and looking through his baby book I ran across the words to the song. I was really going through a hard time, as he was recently diagnosed. We had spent HOURS in speech therapy ect, getting no where. It seemed for the first time the words of that song leaped out at me, and took a profound meaning. God knew from day one that my son would not speak, and let me know that He is in control of that.
I do not know why, but He is God, and I am nothing in comparison to Him. That God would even consider little old me, so worthless and stupid sometimes. :-[ To control the sky's thunder and command the sun when to rise, and yet he spends love on me, and patiently shows me His way is best.

My God is so wonderful.
Who am I to demand of God to explain this to me. :-X

sorry, got off on a sappy trip there...

 

[jonb]

[quote author=gigantikok link=board=meetgreet;num=1063847913;start=0#6 date=09/17/03 at 19:22:23]Overabundant testasterone causes hair loss in later years...[/quote]
No, actually women can lose their hair too. Men lose it more often because the gene for pattern baldness is on the X chromosome.

 

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gigantikok: Oh, thanks for the correction. That's just what I always had been hearing my whole life...

 

[jonb]

Mutations, combined with environmental discrepancies.

A particular penis size might be advantageous by female preference (which could go either way) or sperm competition (which goes in only one direction: toward a longer one).

 

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bustyredhead: Why variety? The inherent imperfection of the DNA/protein development system...

Why an average size? Apparantly, not everyone thought that bigger was better. However, it needs to be said that variables that get rooted out have to interfere with the mating and/or survival mechanics. Thanks to modern medicine, very few variables can screw this up, so you'll get more randomness in the system than in the far past, and we'll likely see more people on both extremes.

- Nene (Overcompensatory Genetics in Action!)

 

[txquis]

Thanks for that response, busty..
very enlightening.
This stuff might be obvious to some, but
i honestly dont know much about genetics,
etc.

 

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longtimelurker: [quote author=jonb link=board=meetgreet;num=1063847913;start=20#23 date=09/18/03 at 20:32:07]Mutations, combined with environmental discrepancies.

A particular penis size might be advantageous by female preference (which could go either way) or sperm competition (which goes in only one direction: toward a longer one).[/quote]

I hate to bring what may be a bit of controversy to this thread, but I remember hearing that the human male has evolved to be the most 'hung' in comparison to body mass of any other ape (and possibly even any other animal). The reason for this isn't completely clear, but it's been postulated that this was due to female selection.

On the other hand, birds have evolved in the other direction to not have a penis at all !

It reminds me of a joke by a comedian that I've seen where he retorts to a heckler 'I bet you're hung like a gorilla', which apparently are about 2-3" erect, even with their huge body mass.

 

[jonb]

[quote author=longtimelurker link=board=meetgreet;num=1063847913;start=20#26 date=09/20/03 at 04:56:22]I hate to bring what may be a bit of controversy to this thread, but I remember hearing that the human male has evolved to be the most 'hung' in comparison to body mass of any other ape (and possibly even any other animal). The reason for this isn't completely clear, but it's been postulated that this was due to female selection.[/quote]
Sexual selection is the standard reason for gender differences.

On the other hand, birds have evolved in the other direction to not have a penis at all  !

It reminds me of a joke by a comedian that I've seen where he retorts to a heckler 'I bet you're hung like a gorilla', which apparently are about 2-3" erect, even with their huge body mass.

Actually 2-3 cm. Orangutans are about 5-6 cm, chimps average 7-8 cm.

Another big difference is, humans mate from the front; in fact, missionary or some variant (such as reverse-missionary) is the "default" sexual position cross-culutrally. IIRC, bonobos (who also mate from the front) are longer than humans (relative to body mass), but thinner.

 

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[quote author=gigantikok link=board=meetgreet;num=1063847913;start=0#6 date=09/17/03 at 19:22:23]
Don't forget, many men are even shorter than 5 feet...
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Actually, it's hydrotestasterone. ;D