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WeeView: The Witch (2016)

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A beautifully directed film by the debutante Robert Eggers, based on a script that he wrote himself. I rate it above Don't Breathe or Conjuring 2, in horror genre this year, and also above last year's debutante film from the director Joel, The Gift. This film takes time to develop its grip, which in its own way is interesting, and boy, the wait is totally worth it! One of my favorite scenes in the film is the mother breast feeding a crow thinking it’s her own dead child who's come back. Even with a plot related to witchcraft it delivers enough story to justify its credibility. The sound design, the dark sometimes dry brown shadowed cinematography is a treat to photography lovers and the end will leave you with an absolute, "WOW", moment.

Why Women are Called Sluts and Men, Studs, for having Multiple Partners?

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Men are born with the basic motive of propagating their genes. Richard Dawkins even goes so far to call men the "Gene Machines" in his book, “The Selfish Gene”. Speaking through the context of a Lion, the only social cat family animal, will give you a better perspective. If a wandering lone Lion wants to join a Lion family, he will have to fight against the adult Lion of the family that he wants to join. Once the outsider Lion beats the family Lion (which is indicated by the Lion falling on his back), the outsider Lion will merge with the family, starting with the killing of all the cubs of the previous Lion and later mating with Lioness.      courtesy: wildencounters.net What the Lioness was looking for was, who is the stronger of the two, because the stronger Lion will be able to take better care of the family and protect them from wild dangers, than a weaker Lion. Very similar is the case of human male. The root of being highly competitive in men comes fr