Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)
by: Jared Diamond
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Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why are human females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? There is no more knowledgeable authority than the award-winning author of THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE to answer these intriguing questions. Here is a delightfully entertaining and enlightening look at the unique sex lives of humans.
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Many of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractiveto partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we cancontinue to have sex with those partners. But why do people care somuch about sex? This book, written by an evolutionary biologist,explains how all the weird quirks of human sexuality came to be: sexwith no intention of procreation, invisible fertility, sex actspursued in private--all common to us, but very different from mostother species. Why Is Sex Fun? asks us to look at ourselves ina brand-new way, and richly rewards us for doing so.
Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why are human females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? There is no more knowledgeable authority than the award-winning author of THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE to answer these intriguing questions. Here is a delightfully entertaining and enlightening look at the unique sex lives of humans.
Amazon.com Review:
Many of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractiveto partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we cancontinue to have sex with those partners. But why do people care somuch about sex? This book, written by an evolutionary biologist,explains how all the weird quirks of human sexuality came to be: sexwith no intention of procreation, invisible fertility, sex actspursued in private--all common to us, but very different from mostother species. Why Is Sex Fun? asks us to look at ourselves ina brand-new way, and richly rewards us for doing so.
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- The least and shortest of Diamond's books, but excellent nonetheless
Sex is urgent, demanding, sometimes pleasurable, but fun?No, I would not call sex fun.By calling sex fun I think Professor Diamond skips over the very essence of sex which is we have no choice.That's the way it has come down to us.As one of my students crudely put it, "eat cheese or die."
Diamond knows this of course as do all of us.What he is about in this his second book, coming after The Third Chimpanzee (1992) and before the phenomenally successful and highly recommended ... Read More
Rating: - Evolution, evolution
This is a fascinating book, & by-and-large explains the uniqueness of human sexuality with evolutionary logic.
Quite a few chapters are fascinating forays into aspects of human sexuality. But chief among these is the chapter which delves into why is sex fun for humans. In a very cogent manner, Diamond puts forward competing theories around the evolution of concealed female ovulation & extends it to explain why sex tends to be largely recreational in humans. The chapter on "What are men ... Read More
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- The evolution of human sex
The evolutionist Richard Dawkins once said that he would have written a book on the evolution of sex if Jared Diamond hadn't had done such a good job of it with `Why is Sex fun?' If you are interested in evolution or the evolution of human sexuality then this scientific entry is an imperative. However if you are looking for a book that just does cheap thrills or agony aunt pseudo-explanations, go elsewhere.
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of `Guns, germs and steel' fame. ... Read More
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- A question without an answer
I started reading Diamond with Guns, Germs, and Steel and went on to other of his works.While reading "Why Is Sex Fun" we were staying with our daughter, helping her care for a newborn and his comments on the energy expenditure of caring for an infant were enlightening.His writing was insightful and at the same time entertaining, but unless I skipped a page somewhere he fails to answer two questions presented in the advertising - Why is it fun? and Why humans choose privacy for sex?Compared to Guns... ... Read More
Rating: - Dry, but enlightening
None of Jared Diamond's books will have you on the edge of your seat, but the author does a fine job at making his points, backing it up with irrefutable science and not hype or conjecture. This book delivers an intriguing view on why we, as well as birds and bees, not only do it, but why we treat sex the way we do while other species don't.
- The least and shortest of Diamond's books, but excellent nonethelessSex is urgent, demanding, sometimes pleasurable, but fun?No, I would not call sex fun.By calling sex fun I think Professor Diamond skips over the very essence of sex which is we have no choice.That's the way it has come down to us.As one of my students crudely put it, "eat cheese or die."
Diamond knows this of course as do all of us.What he is about in this his second book, coming after The Third Chimpanzee (1992) and before the phenomenally successful and highly recommended ... Read More
- Evolution, evolutionThis is a fascinating book, & by-and-large explains the uniqueness of human sexuality with evolutionary logic.
Quite a few chapters are fascinating forays into aspects of human sexuality. But chief among these is the chapter which delves into why is sex fun for humans. In a very cogent manner, Diamond puts forward competing theories around the evolution of concealed female ovulation & extends it to explain why sex tends to be largely recreational in humans. The chapter on "What are men ... Read More
- The evolution of human sexThe evolutionist Richard Dawkins once said that he would have written a book on the evolution of sex if Jared Diamond hadn't had done such a good job of it with `Why is Sex fun?' If you are interested in evolution or the evolution of human sexuality then this scientific entry is an imperative. However if you are looking for a book that just does cheap thrills or agony aunt pseudo-explanations, go elsewhere.
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of `Guns, germs and steel' fame. ... Read More
- A question without an answerI started reading Diamond with Guns, Germs, and Steel and went on to other of his works.While reading "Why Is Sex Fun" we were staying with our daughter, helping her care for a newborn and his comments on the energy expenditure of caring for an infant were enlightening.His writing was insightful and at the same time entertaining, but unless I skipped a page somewhere he fails to answer two questions presented in the advertising - Why is it fun? and Why humans choose privacy for sex?Compared to Guns... ... Read More
- Dry, but enlighteningNone of Jared Diamond's books will have you on the edge of your seat, but the author does a fine job at making his points, backing it up with irrefutable science and not hype or conjecture. This book delivers an intriguing view on why we, as well as birds and bees, not only do it, but why we treat sex the way we do while other species don't.
