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Author : Henry Havelock Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Women and marriage; or, Evolution in sex written by Henry Havelock Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Havelock Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Women and Marriage; Or Evolution in Sex written by Havelock Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Havelock Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Women and Marriage written by Havelock Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliza Burt Gamble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Woman written by Eliza Burt Gamble and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melvin Konner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039324654X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy written by Melvin Konner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sparkling, thought-provoking account of sexual differences. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll find his conclusions gripping.”—Jared Diamond There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder one is malformed and shrunken beyond recognition. The result is a shortened life span, higher mortality at all ages, an inability to reproduce, premature hair loss, and brain defects variously resulting in attention deficit, hyperactivity, conduct disorder, hypersexuality, and an enormous excess of both outward and self-directed aggression. It is called maleness. Melvin Konner traces the arc of evolution to explain the relationships between women and men. With patience and wit he explores the knotty question of whether men are necessary in the biological destiny of the human race. He draws on multiple, colorful examples from the natural world—such as the mating habits of the octopus, black widow, angler fish, and jacana—and argues that maleness in humans is hardly necessary to the survival of the species. In characteristically humorous and engaging prose, Konner sheds light on our biologically different identities, while noting the poignant exceptions that challenge the male/female divide. We meet hunter-gatherers such as those in Botswana, whose culture gave women a prominent place, invented the working mother, and respected women’s voices around the fire. Recent human history has upset this balance, as a dense world of war fostered extreme male dominance. But our species has been recovering over the past two centuries, and an unstoppable move toward equality is afoot. It will not be the end of men, but it will be the end of male supremacy and a better, wiser world for women and men alike.
Author : Elizabeth Fisher
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Woman's Creation written by Elizabeth Fisher and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1980 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Tucker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621572196
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Marriage and Civilization written by William Tucker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his stunning new book, Marriage and Civilization, author William Tucker looks at the evidence from biology, evolution, anthropology, history, and culture to come to a remarkable conclusion: it was the monogamous pairing of male and female - unusual among mammals - that led to human evolution. Moreover, it is monogamous marriage that has shaped Western Civilization, giving us our sense of justice, undergirded Western democracy, and is the greatest institution we have for perpetuating human freedom and happiness. Yet marriage is now under threat - and perhaps not in ways that people suspect. We could actually see the de facto abolition of marriage, with the state taking many of the responsibilities formerly assumed by the nuclear family. Among Tucker's many eye-opening observations: How primitive polygamy was a retrogression from the original monogamous structure of the human family Why monogamy was essential to the development of ancient Greek democracy Why it was the Catholic Church, not the Bible or Christianity in general, that was the great defender of monogamous marriage in Western Civilization Why polygamous societies - from primitive farming communities, to the Mongols, to the Muslim world, to the early Mormons - are internally violent and have bloody borders Why same-sex marriage - utterly irrelevant, in evolutionary terms - is a distraction from the real marriage debate we should be having The prospects for monogamous marriage - and the dangers if it collapses Marriage and Civilization might be the most important, provocative, and talked-about book of the year.
Author : Geoffrey Miller
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 038549517X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book The Mating Mind written by Geoffrey Miller and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2001-04-17 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species.
Author : Leonard Shlain
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101200391
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Sex, Time, and Power written by Leonard Shlain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from. Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of research, he shows how, long ago, the narrowness of the newly bipedal human female’s pelvis and the increasing size of infants’ heads precipitated a crisis for the species. Natural selection allowed for the adaptation of the human female to this environmental stress by reconfiguring her hormonal cycles, entraining them with the periodicity of the moon. The results, however, did much more than ensure our existence; they imbued women with the concept of time, and gave them control over sex—a power that males sought to reclaim. And the possibility of achieving immortality through heirs drove men to construct patriarchal cultures that went on to dominate so much of human history. From the nature of courtship to the evolution of language, Shlain’s brilliant and wide-ranging exploration stimulates new thinking about very old matters.
Author : Leonard Shlain
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sex, Time, and Power written by Leonard Shlain and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2003 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shlain offers carefully reasoned and certain-to-be-controversial discussions on subjects such as menses, orgasm, masturbation, menopause, circumcision, male aggression, the evolution of language, homosexuality, and the origin of marriage.
Author : Katherine Rowland
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1580058345
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Pleasure Gap written by Katherine Rowland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American culture is more sexually liberal than ever. But compared to men, women's sexual pleasure has not grown: Up to 40 percent of American women experience the sexual malaise clinically known as low sexual desire. Between this low desire, muted pleasure, and experiencing sex in terms of labor rather than of lust, women by the millions are dissatisfied with their erotic lives. For too long, this deficit has been explained in terms of women's biology, stress, and age. In The Pleasure Gap, Katherine Rowland rejects the idea that women should settle for diminished pleasure; instead, she argues women should take inequality in the bedroom as seriously as we take it in the workplace and understand its causes and effects. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred women and dozens of sexual health professionals, Rowland shows that the pleasure gap is neither medical malady nor psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004391169
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Popular Narrative written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution and Popular Narrative argues that an evolutionary approach to popular narrative provides an incisive index into human nature. The contributors explore various media and genres to gauge the interdependency of human nature and culture in our aesthetic appreciation.
Author : Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Truth about Woman written by Catherine Gasquoine Hartley and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Symons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199878471
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Human Sexuality written by Donald Symons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1979-08-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology, Sexual Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender and Cultural Studies
Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher : Home Farm Books
ISBN 13 : 1443738832
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Sex and Marriage - Love's Coming of Age written by Edward Carpenter and published by Home Farm Books. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1896. Revised and updated in the 1920's. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork A series of papers on the relation of the sexes. One of the earliest books dealing with the subject of sex in marriage in the Western world. Contents include: The Sex Passion. - The Beginnings of Love. - Man, the Ungrown. - Woman, the Serf. - Woman in Freedom. - Marriage: A Retrospect. - Marriage: A Forecast. - The Intermediate Sex. - Love's Ultimate Meaning. - The Free Society. - Early Star and Sex worships. - Group Marriage. - Jealousy. - On the Family. - Preventive Checks to population. Etc.
Author : Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465536434
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book The truth about woman written by Catherine Gasquoine Hartley and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen E. Fisher
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The First Sex written by Helen E. Fisher and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This explosive book will change the way you see yourself, your family, and the world around you, including every man and woman you meet. Drawing on original research, the celebrated anthropologist Helen Fisher reveals in The First Sex how women's natural talents are changing the world, making women ideal leaders and successful shapers of business and society today and on into the twenty-first century. Through deep evolutionary history, women and men developed different abilities and brain structures. In The First Sex, Fisher explores how women's innate superiorities are particularly well adapted to today's global society. Why is entrepreneurial America increasingly female? Why are many American philanthropic organizations led by women? How are women changing what we watch on television? How are women changing medicine and the law? Why are women better able to juggle many tasks at once--an important talent for today's executive? The answers lie in prehistory. Fisher shows how the special structure of the female brain enables women to do "web thinking" or "synthesis thinking," as compared to men's more linear or "step" thinking, and she shows why this difference in female and male brain structure and thinking creates opportunities, and complications, for women in the business world. With anecdotes and stories, Fisher explores how women's special talents--superior verbal abilities, people savvy, acute senses, healing techniques, and more--are geared to success in medicine, education, communications, law, philanthropy, government, and police work. Changes in society--the growth of the global service and communications economy--are also giving women an advantage: women's uniquetalents are especially needed in our modern age. The evolution of women's sexual, romantic, and family lives is also explored as Fisher traces the origins in prehistory of the differences between the ways men and women love and bond. She discusses new trends in families, maintaining that if there ever was a time when men and women had the opportunity to make fulfilling marriages, that time is now. "Like a glacier," Fisher says, "contemporary women are slowly overturning worldwide business and social practices, creating a new economic and social landscape." Provocative and eye-opening, The First Sex will make you think, and will help you understand why people are the way they are--and why, as Fisher says, "tomorrow belongs to women."
