When did humans connect sex and pregnancy? (years, peoples, society)
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Birth control dates back to something BC so if they knew when to use it they probably knew what caused it.
The earliest forms of birth control, as well as abortion, were found in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 1850 BC. Papyrus scrolls were found to contain directions on how to make birth control, using honey, acacia leaves, and also lint as a form of cervical cap to prevent sperm from entering the womb. https://www.pandiahealth.com/resourc...ghout-history/
Nine months between act and result; even several months until the female "showed;" not counting ongoing sexual activity that would throw off the calculations. Connecting the dots had serious ramifications, such as planning and establishing paternity. Other animals have different gestational terms. When did it "click"?
What is interesting, is this has been the basis for much of the discrimination against homosexual people. The idea, or belief, that sex and having children were always connected, and understood, which isn’t really the case. That sex is justified through reproduction, when in reality 99% of sex is for pleasure exclusively.
People have sex because of hormones, specifically testosterone, that ignite sexual attraction/lust, the need for close intimacy, and an outgrowth of love two people feel towards one another. The baby produced was just a byproduct of the sexual interaction that took place. Supposedly there are still tribes that exist, that still do not connect sex and babies being produced; the theory that only the “gods” bring babies, exclusively to women.
Nine months between act and result; even several months until the female "showed;" not counting ongoing sexual activity that would throw off the calculations. Connecting the dots had serious ramifications, such as planning and establishing paternity. Other animals have different gestational terms. When did it "click"?
Nine months between act and result; even several months until the female "showed;" not counting ongoing sexual activity that would throw off the calculations. Connecting the dots had serious ramifications, such as planning and establishing paternity. Other animals have different gestational terms. When did it "click"?
9 months after first sex act? Or maybe after 10th or so intercourse?
Actually, I suspect they watched other animals and figured it out. It takes us 9 months but other animals have shorter gestation periods -- rabbits about a month. It might have taken a while longer to figure out fertility cycles.
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