[Buddha-l] Borobudur

[Richard Basham]

{latimes}: "... interesting theory about the present sultan, who has
just one wife and five daughters, unlike his father, another
Hamengkubuwono, who had 21 children with four concubines. The sultan's
sad lack of a male heir, the guide suggested, stems from the sexual
aggressiveness of the queen consort, a condition that produces girl
children only. ..."

{Joanna} That's a new one on me!


Yeah, I vaguely recall a study that concluded a significance reverse
relationship in which gender of offspring complements dominant parent --
that is dominant males associated with more females conceived and vice
versa. Never clear on what 'dominant' or 'aggresiveness' meant to the
(study) authors though <g>. Didn't challenge population norms, merely
predicted a pairing's (potential) offspring 60-70% of the time and thus
implied woman are the 'dominant' mate in pairings more often than men. 


Richard Basham