Overview
Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional wisdom asserts that women's estrus has been evolutionarily lost, Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad assert that it is present, though concealed. Women, they propose, therefore exhibit two sexualities each ovulatory cycle-estrus and sexuality outside of the estrous phase, extended sexuality-that possess distinct functions. Synthesizing research in behavioral evolution and comparative biology, the authors provide a new theoretical framework for understanding the evolution of human female sexuality, one that is rooted in female sexuality and phylogeny across all vertebrate animals.
Full Product Details
Author: Randy Thornhill (Distinguished Professor of Biology, Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico) ,
Steven W Gangestad (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.592kg
ISBN: 9780195340990
ISBN 10: 019534099
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 25 September 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<br> The authors provide an impressively up-to-date, thorough, and evenhanded review not only of recent work on human sexuality in relation to ovarian cycle stage, but also of relevant research on other taxa and of the latest theoretical and empirical work on sexual selection and antagonistic coevolution of the sexes. The result is a tour de force, and those who wish to refute it will have to come to grips with its forceful argumentation and impressive breadth of information. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br>
<br> The authors provide an impressively up-to-date, thorough, and evenhanded review not only of recent work on human sexuality in relation to ovarian cycle stage, but also of relevant research on other taxa and of the latest theoretical and empirical work on sexual selection and antagonistic coevolution of the sexes. The result is a tour de force, and those who wish to refute it will have to come to grips with its forceful argumentation and impressive breadth of information. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<p><br>
Author Information
Randy Thornhill is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico. Steven W. Gangestad is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.
