How different would civilization be if humans had "mating season" ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Let's imagine, a world where 10 month a year, men and women don't care about each other. However, twice a year, during 2-3 weeks, non pregnant women produce pheromone that men can't resist and start calling every boy around to breed with them.

How would this impact the civilisation ?

I know about David Brin's *glory season * but not sure whether any other writer explored that idea.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Lots more people would have the same birthdays.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I sometimes do the math on people's birthdays to see what holiday they were conceived around. Lots of early September (Christmas/New Years) and November birthdays (Valentines)

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

August = Thanksgiving which is why there's always family drama.

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