Making sense of sex
Subtitle: how genes and gender influence our relationships
By: David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton.
Contributors: Lipton, Judith Eve.
Publisher: Island Press [for] Shearwater Books; Island Press/Shearwater Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Sex.; Sex (Biology) -- Evolution.; Sex differences.; Human evolution.; Social evolution.
Description: The authors integrate biological and anthropological findings with real-life stories of individuals to address the conundrums that surround male-female behavior and relationships. Drawing on the latest research in evolutionary biology, they trace the multifaceted gender gap to the basic, defining difference between males and females: that one makes sperm, the other, eggs.

They show how that distinction explains why women and men differ in essential ways, exploring such questions as: Why are men more attracted than women to pornography, group sex, and one-night stands? Why are women the "gatekeepers" of sex? Why do women have orgasms?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-234) and index.