Survival of a species can be sub-divided into two main categories that determine everything. These categories, simply put, are food and sex; or, the need for all species to consume and reproduce. When political theorists focus on a problem, they focus on the consumption variable in its various forms as it relates to civilization, like poverty. Very few focus on the need for a species to reproduce in order to survive, or that reproduction is politically important. Gender Relations can be used in a new way to study mating systems across the planet, and can ...

An evolutionary byproduct of moving from the state of nature to civilization is the adaptation of culture as a means for survival. Animals are born with instincts that help them survive, yet all cousin species in hominoid development became extinct from an inability to form complex societies through the engrained social norms found in Homo sapien culture. Culture creates the norms of democracy and norms require habitual repetition in order to be passed on. Where this relates to democracy is that it may take time before an individual is invested in the voting ...