The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality
By: Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad.
Contributors: Gangestad, Steven W.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780195340983; 9780195340990
Subjects: Women -- Sexual behavior; Evolution (Biology); Sex (Biology); Evolution; Sexual Behavior -- physiology; Fertility -- physiology; Menstrual Cycle -- physiology; Sex Characteristics
Description: "This book introduces a new theoretical framework for understanding women's sexuality based on comparative female sexuality across all vertebrate animals; shows that estrus is present in human females, contrary to earlier research; and explains how women's sexuality is dual purpose in design."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and overview of the book; title: Methodology; title: Extended female sexuality; title: The evolution of human mating systems and parental care; title: Female ornaments and signaling; title: The evolution of women's permanent ornaments; title: Good genes and mate choice; title: Estrus; title: Women's estrus; title: Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex; title: Concealed fertility; title: Coevolutionary processes : men's counter-strategies and women's responses to them; title: Reflections.