The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality
This title introduces a theoretical framework for understanding women's sexuality based on comparative female sexuality across all vertebrate animals. It shows that estrus is present in human females, contrary to earlier research.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798382506719 |
Table of Contents:
- Background and overview of the book
- Methodology
- Extended female sexuality
- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care
- Female ornaments and signaling
- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments
- Good genes and mate choice
- Estrus
- Women's estrus
- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex
- Concealed fertility
- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them
- Reflections.
