Sperm Wars (Revised): Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles - Couverture souple

Baker, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1541675428 ISBN 13 : 9781541675421

Editeur : Basic Books, 2020

Synopsis

Sperm Wars turns the conventional thinking about the biology of sex on its head. Evolutionary biologist Robin Baker argues that human sexuality follows certain laws, and all of those laws are governed by one thing: sperm warfare. In the interest of promoting competition between sperm to fertilize the same egg, evolution has built men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners.

In this book, Baker reveals, through a series of provocative fictional scenes, the far-reaching implications of sperm competition: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men's sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner.

From infidelity, to homosexuality, to the female orgasm, Sperm Wars turns on every light in the bedroom. Two decades after its initial publication, this classic of popular science will still surprise, entertain, and even shock.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Baker is a bestselling author in the field of sexual biology. From 1980-96 he was Reader in Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester, and he has over a hundred scientific papers and magazine articles to his name. His work and ideas on the evolution of human behavior have been featured in many television and radio programs around the world. He lives in Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1541675428
• ISBN 13: 9781541675421
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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