Hmm-

I had a sandwich, a plate of potato salad, flask of wine- was great.

More dependence today.

The first step in evaluating the role of dependence within any particular species is to determine if it is present.
This refers of course only to post natal, behavioraly based, dependence.
Many species do not express such dependence, many do. Did i mention the Siamese Fighting Fish before? Seahorses? Yes and of course the mammals have developed it to probably the greatest extent.

I don't have a definite opinion about social insects, but I have a suspicion that the mammalian forms of perception and motivation are incongruent with theirs.

So, we have this drive, associated with reproduction, which has been poorly defined, so i make an effort to explore it.
Consider the Salmon, a fish famous for its reproductive impulse. It exhibits no dependence but, likely recieves much exclamation for expiring in the process. Not all fish do this.
But then, a species much noted of late, penguins, have managed the antarctic with a complex and intense expression of secondary dependence in the manner of their parenting. There are a few recent documentaries about them. The notable characteristic of course, is that both sexes express secondary dependence.

so I repeat - the offspring's command of the parental response is a mortal issue (for the offspring).
This often comes as a surprise to human males.
Sometimes that can be good, sometimes, less often i wouldn't guess at a percentage, it is disruptive to the individual psyche. Human females are not immune to this but appear, most probably through numerous causes, to evince such disturbance to a lesser extent.

On the other hand-
If socialization is competitive sexual selection but the evolutionary influence of dependence drive is greater than the influence of mate selection, then why are there so many discordant reactions to dependence?
Do I need to list them all?
a couple-
dependent personality
substance dependence
depression and dependence
co-dependence
then turn them all around and add "And vice-versa."
Yeesh! What a day.
(What're those attachment conditions which institutional orphans get? They oughta be in there.)

Where this