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Sex Time and Power How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution Shlain 2003 HC
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “Pre-owned condition, wear”
- Original Language
- English
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Signed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Vintage
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Ex Libris
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- Personalized
- No
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- Unit Quantity
- 1
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Edition
- Standard Edition
- ISBN
- 9780670032334
- Book Title
- Sex, Time and Power : How Women's Sexuality Changed the Course of Human Evolution
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Book, Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Psychology, Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Love & Romance, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Life Sciences / Evolution, Women's Studies, Life Sciences / Biology
- Item Weight
- 26.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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No clear and compelling explanation currently exists for the sudden emergence of big-brained Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago. Here, Leonard Shlain proposes an original thesis that argues that profound changes in female sexuality hold the key to this mystery. According to Shlain, bipedalism, narrow pelvises, and enormous fetal heads precipitated a crisis for our species. Mothers faced a grave death threat in childbirth. To compensate, women lost estrus and its urgency to copulate, but gained veto power over sex. Drastic reconfiguration of their reproductive cycle, particularly the new feature of heavy menses, allowed women to discover the dimension of time and with it the insight that sex caused pregnancy. Men used foresight to become the planet's most dangerous predator but they suffered terror when they learned they were doomed to die. Inventing religions and afterlives to ameliorate the knowledge of death, men then learned the part they played in impregnation. The concept of paternity drove men to create patriarchal cultures designed to control women's reproductive choice. But the insights, first discovered by women, also created the conditions for two people to love each other more deeply and longer than any other animal. Throughout Sex, Time, and Power, Shlain offers carefully reasoned and certain to be controversial discussions on subjects such as menses, orgasm, masturbation, menopause, circumcision, male aggression, the evolution of language, homosexuality, and the origin of marriage. Written in a lively and accessible style, Sex, Time, and Poweris certain to generate heated debate in the media and among readers interested in human evolution and the history of sexuality.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670032336
ISBN-13
9780670032334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2328095
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sex, Time and Power : How Women's Sexuality Changed the Course of Human Evolution
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Love & Romance, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Life Sciences / Evolution, Women's Studies, Life Sciences / Biology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Psychology, Science, Social Science
Format
Book, Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
2002-041186
Dewey Decimal
306.7
Lc Classification Number
Hq23.S45 2003
Copyright Date
2003
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