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Title: Evolution of Human Sexuality by Donald Symons ISBN: 0-19-502907-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1981 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Standard Setting
Comment: It's hard to believe this book is over twenty years old, so little has it dated. One of the very best of its genre. Current writers of thick easy paperbacks on the subject of human evolution have not matched this book for scholarship, relevance, or modest wit. Sprinkled with nicely chosen literary references that not only satisfy literary readers, but serve as an important and neglected source of data on human sexuality. Professional readers will have professional disputes and quibbles, but the average woman or man interested in their most basic interests will find this surprisingly readable academic book a revelation.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll Profet By This Book
Comment: Let's not kid ourselves: we'd all like to know more about sex. Well, look no further. Dressed up as a so-called "academic" book about human sexuality, this is an extremely hot book about the steamy things dudes and ladies do. Okay, just kidding -- it is very acadmeic, and a lot of scholarly work went into it. But I dare you to say it didn't make you somewhat aroused. There's all kind of dirty stuff in it, and in my opinion, that's what makes a great book truly great. I look forward to the sequel.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Battle Of The Sexes Is No Longer A Mystery!
Comment: The great mystery to me when I was growing up was- Why were women and men so different in the way they handled sex? Why the huge differences in their sexual instincts?
In the book "The Evolution of Human Sexuality" these differences are explained in these terms:
If evolution existed, then successful sexual strategies had to be different for men and women.
Women openly acknowledge that they are attracted to men of wealth and power, with age a very distant secondary consideration if power and wealth are not to be had. This makes sense in terms of the fact that resources would have been available to raise her kids.
Another example: A man who wed a middle aged wealthy woman would have been a genetic dead end because the fertility of human females declines very rapidly after the age of 30-35. Youth, beauty (the appearance of health), and some assurance of fidelity (in wife material) was critical if his resources were to be committed to a woman. With one night stands, men can be far, far less picky.
The two sexes could not have evolved the same reproductive strategies. Success for one sex would have meant genetic oblivion for the other!
The offspring that survive would tend to have the same instincts of those humans who reproduced successfully. The patterns outlined in this great book can also be seen all thoughout the animal kingdom as well as in all peoples in all times.
You will understand what is going on with women and men after reading this book- it will not be that easy to discuss this with members of the opposit sex, however. This is a book for people who want to understand reality- not political correctness!
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Title: The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss ISBN: 046500802X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Mating Mind : How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller ISBN: 038549517X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher ISBN: 0449908976 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley ISBN: 0140245480 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, Second Edition by David Buss ISBN: 0205370713 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $72.20 |
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