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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. But this narrative is collapsing. Here, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá, while debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, offer a bold alternative explanation. Ryan and Jethá's central contention is that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and, often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent,...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This evidence-based guide educates and informs health professionals about promoting sexual wellbeing in the context of challenges from physical and mental health. This accessible text demystifies a topic that is sometimes difficult to discuss. It is essential reading for healthcare practitioners interested in providing comprehensive and person-centred care"--
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up" episode explores the issue of nature versus nurture through a cross-cultural study of two teenagers on different continents. "Different by design" episode explores the physical and mental aspects of human sexuality from adulthood to old age.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory--aesthetic mate choice--and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about the evolution of human beauty and the role of mate choice,...
Author
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
"If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based on one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, 'The Evolution of Desire' is the first work to present a unified theory of human mating behavior....
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Neurogeneticist Moalem takes us on a trip from prehistory to the forefront of cutting-edge medical research, and through a bedroom or two, to tell the story of how human sexuality has developed over time. This book challenges common perceptions about our bodies and presents astonishing discoveries from the frontiers of science as it traces the transformation of sex across species and through time to its current role in human societies. Find out the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
By encouraging sociological thinking about contemporary families, "The Family" helps students become savvy consumers of media-reported research. In the Second Edition, Cohen examines trends in family life such as gender fluidity, sexuality in later life, and technologys transformation of romantic relationships. The book is further strengthened by expanded media resources including award-winning InQuizitive activities. -- From product description....
Publisher
Kaplan Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The Supreme Court?s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion?but the debate was far from over, continuing to be a political battleground to this day. In the decades since the case was decided, the American debate on abortion has moved away from the issues that the justices confronted more than three decades ago. Bringing to light key voices that illuminate the case and its cultural context, Before Roe v. Wade looks back and recaptures how...
19) Biology of sex
Author
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Biology of Sex is an interesting, timely, and intellectually challenging introduction to the biology of sex. Mills analyses the biological basis of sex by introducing genetic, evolutionary, and ethological principles. Focussed primarily on the biological aspects of human sex, the text employs select comparisons with the many variations in sexual systems among non-human organisms. Intended primarily for general education courses, Biology of Sex supports...
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