It is possible that play-submission among equals “feels nice” (to those to whom it does) because for our ancestors such play was useful training for situations of genuinely hostile status-attack.
(Though I wouldn’t bet on it; the above is the sort of evo-psych speculation that is easy to make and hard to verify or refute.)
It is possible that play-submission among equals “feels nice” (to those to whom it does) because for our ancestors such play was useful training for situations of genuinely hostile status-attack.
(Though I wouldn’t bet on it; the above is the sort of evo-psych speculation that is easy to make and hard to verify or refute.)