Why Women Have Sex Women Reveal the Truth about Their Sex Lives, from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)

Name: Why Women Have Sex Women Reveal the Truth about Their Sex Lives, from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)
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ISBN: 9780312662653

ISBN-10: 0312662653

ISBN-13: 9780312662653

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Authors: Cindy M. Meston, David M. Buss

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Do women have sex simply to express love, experience pleasure, or reproduce? When clinical psychologist Cindy M. Meston and evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss, both at the University of Texas at Austin, joined forces to investigate women's underlying sexual motivations, what they found astonished them.Using women's own words, and backed by extensive scientific evidence, the authors delve into the use of sex as a defensive tactic against a mate's infidelity, a ploy to boost social status, a barter for household chores, and even as a cure for a migraine headache. Meston and Buss offer a revelatory examination of the deep-seated psychology and biology that often unwittingly drive women to…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.638



Introduction: Inside the Sexual Mind



What Turns Women On?


Scent, Body, Face, Voice, Movement, Personality, and-Yes-Humor



The Pleasure of it


Sexual Gratification and Orgasm



The Thing Called Love


An Emotional and Spiritual Connection



The Thrill of Conquest


From Capturing a Mate to Poaching One



Green-Eyed Desire


From Guarding a Mate to Trading Up



A Sense of Duty


When Responsibility or Guilt Calls



A Sense of Adventure


When Curiosity, Variety-and Mate Evaluation-Beckon



Barter and Trade


The Value of Sex-Literally and Figuratively



The Ego Boost


Body Image, Attention, Power, and Submission



The Dark Side


Sexual Deception, Punishment, and Abuse



Sexual Medicine


The Health Rewards of a Sex Life


Conclusion: Women's Sexual Complexities


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index