Why is Sex Fun?

Why is Sex Fun?

Infobox Book
name = Why Is Sex Fun?
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption =
author = Jared M. Diamond
cover_artist =
country =
language =
series =
subject = Human sexuality
genre = Science
publisher = Basic Books
release_date = 1997
media_type =
pages = 165
isbn = ISBN 0-465-03127-7
preceded_by =The Third Chimpanzee
followed_by =Guns, Germs, and Steel|

"Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality" is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond dealing with the evolutionary development of human sexuality. Diamond addresses some peculiar aspects of human sexuality, for example why women's ovulation is not overtly advertised, and why humans have sex in private rather than in public, as is the case in all other mammals, as well as the fact that the ovaries are u-shaped. The book came five years after Diamond's previous work "The Third Chimpanzee" and was published in the same year as the well known title "Guns, Germs, and Steel". It is dedicated to his wife Marie.

ynopsis

The book has seven chapters on various aspects of human sexuality. The comparative method is often used, comparing humans with other animals.

Chapters

# The animal with the weirdest sex life
# Battle of the sexes
# Why don't men breast-feed their babies? The non-evolution of male lactation
# Wrong time for love: the evolution of recreational sex
# What are men good for? The evolution of men's roles
# Making more by making less: the evolution of female menopause
# Truth in advertising: the evolution of body signals.

The book ends with a list of further reading, consisting of both books and scientific articles, for those who wish to learn more about the subject.

ee also

*Animal sexuality
*Concealed ovulation
*Lactation
*Men
*Menopause
*Sexual conflict
*Signalling theory

External links

*cite web |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1122 |title=Go Milk a Fruit Bat! - The New York Review of Books |accessdate=2008-03-20 |last=Jones |first=Steve|authorlink=Steve Jones (biologist) |date=July 17, 1997 |publisher="The New York Review of Books"|quote=Jared Diamond's book sets out to evolutionize sex.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sex scandal — A sex scandal is a scandal involving allegations or information about possibly immoral sexual activities being made public. Sex scandals are often associated with movie stars, politicians, famous athletes or others in the public eye, and become… …   Wikipedia

  • Sex-positive feminism — Part of a series on Feminism …   Wikipedia

  • Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll — Infobox Album | Name = Sex, Love and Rock n Roll Type = Album Artist = Social Distortion Released = flagicon|EU flagicon|UK September 27 2004 flagicon|USA flagicon|CAN September 28 2004 Recorded = Off and on between 2000 and 2004 Length = 37:43… …   Wikipedia

  • Facial (sex act) — A facial is a term for the sexual activity in which a man ejaculates semen onto the face of one or more sexual partners.[1] A facial is a form of non penetrative sex, though it is generally performed after some other means of sexual stimulation,… …   Wikipedia

  • Concealed ovulation — or hidden estrus is the lack of distinctive signaling that the adult female of a species is in heat . These signals may include swelling and redness of the genitalia in baboons and bonobos Pan paniscus, pheromone release in the feline family, etc …   Wikipedia

  • Sexual intercourse — Intromission redirects here. For other uses, see Intromission (disambiguation). Making love redirects here. For other uses, see Making love (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • Curiosity (TV series) — Curiosity Composer(s) Sheridan Tongue Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons …   Wikipedia

  • Human — Homo sapiens redirects here. For other uses, see Homo sapiens (disambiguation). This article is about modern humans. For other human species, see Homo. For other uses, see Human (disambiguation). Holozoa Human …   Wikipedia

  • Sexual selection — This article is about the evolutionary concept. For the selection of the sex of offspring, see sex selection. Goldie s Bird of paradise: Ornamented male above; female below. Paradesia decora by John Gerrard Keulemans (d.1912) Sexual selection, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Human penis size — is the measured length and width of the human penis. The most accurate measurement of the human penis comes from several measurements at different times, as there is natural variability in size due to arousal level, time of day, room temperature …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”