The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan
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American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner
American actress (born 1985)
Recommended by 8 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Joe Rogan
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Sex at Dawn reads as a spirited, argumentative synthesis of anthropology, history, and popular science that challenges the default narrative of innate sexual monogamy. Its useful contribution lies in assembling cross-cultural examples and provocative counterexamples that force readers to question assumptions about pair-bonding and sexual norms. Its chief limitation is a tendency toward selective evidence and rhetorical flourish; readers seeking a cautiously balanced, heavily sourced academic treatment will find the tone polemical and some claims overstated. Repetition and combative language sometimes wear thin.
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Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream scienceas well as religious and cultural institutionshas maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer an...
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Recommended by 13 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Books Recommended by Investors, and Relationships & Family.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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