Sex and reason Book

The author Judge Richard Posner is one of the finest legal minds in America. This is a multi discipline review of how ancient and modern societies view sexual practices normatively and legally. It is a bit academic with extensive footnotes and bibliography, but is a facinating discussion. The breadth of sexual practices and customs demonstrate that sexual attitudes within a society are the product of environmental and economic pressures that are given expression through the law, religion and social convention. The varied human sexual experience demonstrates that what is biologically a simple act is extremely complicated because of man's ability to enjoy sex for reasons other than procreation and therefore there are few if any universal norms.