gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) (03/17/86)
Every time I hear the word "breeder" used as a synonym for "straight" I am irresisitbly reminded of Larry Niven's sci-fi novel "The Protector". In this book, "breeders" are persons up to the age of ~45, whereas "protectors" are a further stage in which sexual characteristics disappear and intelligence greatly increases. This has a strange affinity to sociobiological theories on the cause of homosexuality. In this theory, gays are "protectors" of sorts, although sexual and not superintelligent. In Niven's book, "protectors" had only ONE motivation: protection of their progeny or other relatives. So the analogy is bad, but it still makes me crack up. ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 Fifty flippant frogs / Walked by on flippered feet And with their slime they made the time / Unnaturally fleet.