Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a 1997 book about the evolution of human sexuality by the biologist Jared Diamond.
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| Author | Jared Diamond |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Science Masters series |
| Subject | Human sexuality |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 165 |
| ISBN | 0-465-03127-7 |
| OCLC | 35750426 |
| Dewey Decimal | 306.7 21 |
| LC Class | HQ21 .D48 1997 |
| Preceded by | The Third Chimpanzee |
| Followed by | Guns, Germs, and Steel |
Summary
editDiamond addresses aspects of human sexuality such as why women's ovulation is not overtly advertised; why humans have sex in private rather than in public like other mammals; and why the ovaries are U-shaped.[1]
Publication history
editWhy Is Sex Fun? was published in 1997 by Basic Books, as part of the Science Masters series.[2]
Reception
editWhy Is Sex Fun? received a positive review from the biologist Steve Jones in The New York Review of Books. Jones described the book as engaging and interesting. However, he questioned Diamond's treatment of concealed ovulation, finding it inconclusive.[3]
The anthropologist Peter B. Gray and the evolutionary biologist Justin R. Garcia maintained that Why Is Sex Fun? was one of the best-read books on human sexuality. However, they considered it "informative but too thin in substance".[4]
References
edit- ↑ Diamond 1997, pp. 1–146.
- ↑ Diamond 1997, p. iv.
- ↑ Jones 1997, pp. 39–41.
- ↑ Gray & Garcia 2013, pp. xv, 321.
Bibliography
editBooks
- Diamond, Jared (1997). Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-03127-7.
- Gray, Peter B.; Garcia, Justin R. (2013). Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-07273-2.
Journals
- Jones, Steve (1997). "Go Milk a Fruit Bat!". The New York Review of Books. 44 (12).
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