Untrue
Subtitle: why nearly everything we believe about women, lust, and infidelity is wrong and how the new science can set us free
By: Wednesday Martin
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780316463614
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Sexual behavior; Adultery; Women
Other titles: Why nearly everything we believe about women, lust, and infidelity is wrong and how the new science can set us free
Description: From ancient Greek tragedies, to the latest Netflix series, cheating women are portrayed as dangerous and damaged. Why, in this age of female empowerment, do we continue to judge them so harshly? Martin takes us on a fascinating journey to reveal the unexpected evolutionary legacy and social realities that drive female faithlessness, while laying bare our motivations to contain women who step out. From recent data suggesting women may struggle more than men with sexual exclusivity, to Martin's assertion that female sexual autonomy is the ultimate metric of gender equality, this book will change the way you think about women and sex. -- adapted from jacket
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Meet the adulteress; title: Free your mind; title: Women who love sex too much; title: How free are we?; title: Ploughs, property, propriety; title: Being Himba; title: Bonobos in paradise; title: Significant otherness; title: Loving the woman who's untrue; title: Life is short. Should you be untrue?; title: Afterword: Female choices.