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Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) by Jared M. Diamond, VICTORIA LAPORTA GONZALO is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewMany of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractive to partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we can continue to have sex with those partners. But why do people care so much about sex? This book, written by an evolutionary biologist, explains how all the weird quirks of human sexuality came to be: sex with no intention of procreation, invisible fertility, sex acts pursued in private--all common to us, but very different from most other species. Why Is Sex Fun? asks us to look at ourselves in a brand-new way, and richly rewards us for doing so. From Library JournalThis book speculates on the evolutionary forces that shaped the unique aspects of human sexuality: female menopause, males' role in society, having sex in private, and?most unusual of all?having sex for fun instead of for procreation. Through comparative evolution, biologist and science author Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, LJ 2/15/97), poses credible and thought-provoking yet entertaining factors: the lengthy period of dependency of human infants, sex for pleasure as the tie that helps bind a mother and a father together, and menopause as an evolu

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Author

Jared M. Diamond, VICTORIA LAPORTA GONZALO

Publisher

Basic Civitas Books

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613136183

Category

science

Subjects

Psychology, Gender Studies, Anthropology

Rating

4.3 / 5 (445 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14