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Show 7/f 'diculous, I would whisper as I rinsed dishes or sorted clothes. Brian loves you. There is no other woman. But the fear was real; it did not diminish. One night, as we sat on the front porch, I said to Brian, »lread about this sociological study that might interst you." I had searched for a way to say what was in my heart. At last I had found the 'Behavioral Sink' --^concept drawn from his field, social psychology. "Hmm?" Brian was staring into the night, lost in his own thoughts, as usual. "A bunch of rats were put in a small cage so that the sientists would review the effects of overcrowding. Our world is getting pretty crowded, you know." I waited for him to say something impertinent, like, 'Sure it's crowded, thanks to people like your father.' But he didn't. "Tell me about it," he said. ^ • 4-~A pither'of the cage and "Two strong male rats dominated either , 4.a Thp rest of the took harems of seven or eight female rats. rats, crowded in the middle of the cage, degenerated. , +hpv Went sterile, they became promiscuous or homosexual, xney +V,PV were asexual or they developed major organ dysfunctions, tney „ • thpv even became homicidal for produced defective offspring, they even v i the two dominant males became no apparent cause. Meanwhile, the xwu a stronger than the rats sleek and fat. Their offspring was strong TOOt>ulated nod the middle, overpopulatea in 'the sink.' That's what they called the v, • 1 Sink " I think that was the name region "The Behavioral bins. of the article, too. What do you think?" linked and shrugged. Brian looked at me, then blanlced "Well...can't you see...when you compare |
