Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?
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I envisioned Peat as a mythical autistic hermit. I kind of Yoda
I found out he was married for decades when he died and the image shattered. Still hard to imagine
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@Dedeluded said in Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?:
I found out he was married for decades when he died and the image shattered. Still hard to imagine
Interesting... pretty sure if you listen to his radio shows someone asked if he was married and he said no. Maybe he just didn't want to reveal too much to complete strangers?
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@Corngold said in Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?:
@Dedeluded said in Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?:
I found out he was married for decades when he died and the image shattered. Still hard to imagine
Interesting... pretty sure if you listen to his radio shows someone asked if he was married and he said no. Maybe he just didn't want to reveal too much to complete strangers?
I assume to protect his wife
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@Dedeluded Per my memory of the interviews...
Ray didn't like the concept of marriage, as a form of authoritarian ownership. He'd been with a woman together for many decades but I'm not sure to what extent it was a marriage, or something they thought of as such.
In another interview, Ray was asked what to do if a spouse died. After some grieving he said that one had to go "out to find a suitable replacement", which earned some laughs from the interviewers.
I tend to think he was a stone-cold guy who didn't feel the need to establish a legalized exclusivity of his woman. And not really putting her on a pedestal as The One and Only (if she were to die) at the same time.
I suppose it makes sense in the grander view of metabolism. Grieving for inappropriately long is almost a form of constipation.
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That's one of the things I liked about him. I didn't want to imagine him drinking a beer and pushing a mower across a lawn or doing "normal" stuff.
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He's right on many things but cringe on others. Surprising he managed mostly independent thought through the liberal / socialist revolution period, but many of those views seem to have stuck with him. -
@Corngold In my mind the weirdness created the context for the possibility of unique and correct knowledge. Odd political, economic and social views fit right in.
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Wtf is this thread? Peat once made an infertile woman ovulate by lending her his cardigan. And that's no joke.
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@natureman Rizzmond Peat
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@natureman said in Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?:
Peat once made an infertile woman ovulate by lending her his cardigan.
that's fine but giving away clothing isn't the most macho thing I've ever heard.
Is the rest of the story that she gave birth to several science writers?
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@wester130 said in Peat did not believe in the androgenic man?:
His love of painting, art and poetry
His recommendation of progesterone
A preference for an introspective, reflective thoughtful life
I think he mentioned fertility for men several times, and fertility is one of the most common factors or the most commun factor associated with male, I'm not sure, I think he also mentioned that he often had sex dreams.
If you give credence to theories, Georgie has shared study(s) where progesterone and pregnenolone are most beneficial for male fertility, and that high dose testosterone reduces fertility.
https://lowtoxinforum.com/threads/male-fertility-depends-on-intensity-of-sperm-metabolism.32004/
Even if it varies from species to species, the other factors that are commonly associated with males are generally the ability and propensity to compete and fight, fighting physiognomy, and what you have mentionned do not fully prevent that
Also if you look at what is said about animals, for example moose, rams, they don't breed and fight all year round, they do it specifically during the rut at a specific time of the year, so even these two main elements that are associated with males are manifested in specific context
