Just why abstinence is a bad thing is not certain. In spite of the attractions of the mutation theory the frank answer is that, although the reason for the existence of women is obvious enough, nobody has any real idea what point there is in being a man. Men have however, made many attempts to justify their existence.

— Steve Jones The Language of the Genes (1994)

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