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The Evolution of Human Sexuality
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The Evolution of Human Sexuality

by Donald Symons

Recommended by Steven Pinker

Recommended by Steven Pinker

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.

Nature versus nurture nowhere is the debate more heated than in the areas of sex and sex differences. The Evolution of Human Sexuality adds fuel to the fire. Symons's thesis is that some of the typical differences between men and women in sexual behaviors, attitudes and feelings are innate: identical rearing of males and females will not result i...

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The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo.

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