Check this out. A quickie.

[tinaisnoacronym]

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/

It appears that sharks are asexually reproducing. Well, only two have but what does that mean? I know all about asexual reproduction in some frogs, but sharks? REALLY? That blows my mind.

What do you think this means for us? Do you think this is something that all species might someday be able to do? Evolution at it's

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[childeofloki]

I think I rather like how things are set up right now.

But I got this feeling that, if we all are going to become asexual, it will be Hollywood's fault. Think about it- what is Hollywood peddling right now as "the ideal female"? Skinny to the point of starving, flat chested women-things. What about the ideal Hollywood man? Bodies of eleven year old girls and faces like shaved rats.

They took the boobs off women and the beards off men, and have gone out of their way to make them as similar as possible. I never considered androgeny to be attractive, but apparently I am wrong by their standards.

If anything leads to producing asexually, it will be Hollywood.

[superyessica]

WELL
sadly, we wont live long enough to see this evolutionary process get carried out but somewhere deep in my bones i have a feeling that it is possible in humans.

BUTT
i also think that we may have the power to make it happen surgically right now. scary, huh?

[chartreusefrost]

Aw hellz no. Do not want! o_O I have enough problems with dudes, without me wanting to make babies with myself too.

[ribald]

the Sacred Androgyne has long been a part of western occult lore, whether as an alchemic metaphor or a more visceral potentiality...hell, get to a weird comic book shop and have them find Incal (written:jadorowski, drawn:moebius) for you, and check out Solune's character.
while we probably want the biodiversity afforded by two mates, there is a lot to be desired in the ideal outcome of this thoughtjourney. Physically, if things worked out, it would be advantageous to have our junk on the inside AND not have to bleed every so often...but a major thing that this points to that's relevant in our lifetimes is psychological androgynes, referring to the occult blinds as well...a fully balanced, 360deg. personality representing the species would be equally in touch with the aggressor male and the intuitive female, with the capacity/self-knowledge to tune in to those emotions/thought-patterns that are most appropriate at the moment.