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Condition
Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Topic
Love & Romance, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Life Sciences / Evolution, Women's Studies, Life Sciences / Biology
Special Attributes
1st Edition
ISBN
9780670032334
Book Title
Sex, Time and Power : How Women's Sexuality Changed the Course of Human Evolution
Item Length
9.3in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
2003
Format
Book, Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.4in
Author
Leonard Shlain
Genre
Family & Relationships, Psychology, Science, Social Science
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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No clear and compelling explanation currently exists for the sudden emergence of big-brained Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago. Here, Leonard Shlain proposes an original thesis that argues that profound changes in female sexuality hold the key to this mystery. According to Shlain, bipedalism, narrow pelvises, and enormous fetal heads precipitated a crisis for our species. Mothers faced a grave death threat in childbirth. To compensate, women lost estrus and its urgency to copulate, but gained veto power over sex. Drastic reconfiguration of their reproductive cycle, particularly the new feature of heavy menses, allowed women to discover the dimension of time and with it the insight that sex caused pregnancy. Men used foresight to become the planet's most dangerous predator but they suffered terror when they learned they were doomed to die. Inventing religions and afterlives to ameliorate the knowledge of death, men then learned the part they played in impregnation. The concept of paternity drove men to create patriarchal cultures designed to control women's reproductive choice. But the insights, first discovered by women, also created the conditions for two people to love each other more deeply and longer than any other animal. Throughout Sex, Time, and Power, Shlain offers carefully reasoned and certain to be controversial discussions on subjects such as menses, orgasm, masturbation, menopause, circumcision, male aggression, the evolution of language, homosexuality, and the origin of marriage. Written in a lively and accessible style, Sex, Time, and Poweris certain to generate heated debate in the media and among readers interested in human evolution and the history of sexuality.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670032336
ISBN-13
9780670032334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2328095

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sex, Time and Power : How Women's Sexuality Changed the Course of Human Evolution
Author
Leonard Shlain
Format
Book, Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Love & Romance, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Life Sciences / Evolution, Women's Studies, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Family & Relationships, Psychology, Science, Social Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hq23.S45 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-041186
Dewey Decimal
306.7
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by provider_one
    Apr 05, 2024

    Circling back around to the most fundamental realities of life

    This book is a life changer about the concept of our whole existence. Must read for anybody with an open mind about the logic problems with the dogma of religion among many other cultural mores that lead to controlling and suppression of our women. While you read make sure to flip back to the back and read the notes that are labeled as superscripts in the text

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