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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad

Thornhill, Randy,i1944- [Verfasser] ; Gangestad, Steven W.

Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2008

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (x, 411 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-392) and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-19-971249-6 ; 0-19-971249-2 ; 1-281-82595-6 ; 978-1-281-82595-7 ; 0-19-534098-1

 

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional wisdom asserts that women's estrus has been evolutionarily lost, Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad assert that it is present, though concealed. Women, they propose, therefore exhibit two sexualities each ovulatory cycle-estrus and sexuality outside of the estrous phase, extended sexuality-that possess distinct functions. Synthesizing research in behavioral evolution and comparative biology, the authors provide a new.