Who recommended Sex at Dawn?

9 people have recommended Sex at Dawn in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan, Noah Kagan and Aubrey Marcus. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Sex at Dawn worth reading?

9 people we track recommend it. It is best for: an undergraduate anthropology student preparing a seminar paper on human mating systems who needs vivid counterarguments to the default monogamy narrative and examples to spark debate; a couple curious about historical and evolutionary perspectives on sexual norms who want an accessible, non-technical book to prompt conversation about relationship choices; a book-club organizer planning a lively discussion on sex, culture, and science and looking for clear, provocative talking points rather than dry scholarship. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when anecdotes pile up and the polemical tone intensifies — the mid-section rehashes examples and can feel repetitive; annoying if you prefer tightly cited, cautious academic monographs: the book leans toward argument and synthesis rather than exhaustive, narrowly technical scholarship; annoying if you wanted practical guidance or step-by-step advice: no exercises, no how-to; the focus is on reinterpretation and debate, not application.

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Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan: Recommended by 9 People

Name: Sex at Dawn
Author: Christopher Ryan

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...