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I've never bought that and anyone who does is rationalizing.
I don't deny that there is a male biological impulse to 'plant one's seed' as widely as possible in order to better ensure continuation of the species. It's just that they are equally shaped by environmental and social realities that moderate those biological impulses to a great extent.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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