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Preface ix
The Mystery: What Pickup Artists Reveal About the Natural World 1
Let There Be Sexes: Why the Origin of the Sexes Changed Everything 7
Competing for Females: How the Quest for Sex Made Men Different from Women 19
Sex Drive: Why Some Males Will Risk Life and Limb for Sex 27
The Genetics of Men: How the Y Chromosome Came About and What it Tells us About the Future of Men 43
Private Parts: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Phallology 61
Testosterone: How to Make a Man, and Some Things That Can go Awry in the Process 77
The Secret Lives of Sperm: What Sperm Want and How They Can Manipulate Both Men and Women 93
Are Men Scum?: Pornography and Casual Sex in Perspective 101
Beauty and Beasts: How the Quest for Sex Gave Rise to Beauty 117
Alpha and Beta: Sex, Power, and the Decline of the Alpha Male 131
Who's Your Daddy?: Fatherly Males and the Sex Appeal of MR. MOM 143
Sexual Outlaws: Homosexuals, Bisexuals, Transsexuals, and the Power of Diversity in the Game of Life 155
Why Males are Necessary: Not for Survival, But for Reproduction 175
Conclusion: Who We Are 183
Sources and References 187
Index 207
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Robert Gordon
reviewed The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man on January 23, 2009
The Score
I had high hopes for the book, and Faye Flam really came through. This was a really interesting look at sex and how it is a part of our culture. It also involves a lot of biology, but is really accessible and written for non-science types.
For example, where did sex come from? How long ago did sexes evolve? How was the first penis formed? It turns out there are more than two sexes, and more than two sex chromosomes in the plant and animal kingdoms.
Do other animals have sex for pleasure? Are other animals gay? I was surprised to learn that some of the more kinky relationship arrangements that humans make, such as triads and open marriages, are also out there in the animal kingdom as well.
When I was trying to decide whether or not to buy it, I flipped through and came to the start of a chapter that made reference to Maureen Dowd's "Are Men Necessary?" I've always had a hard time with Maureen Dowd; the first article of hers that I ever read I thought was a parody partly because I thought her name was meant to be a pun (More Endowed?). Well, I hadn't thought there was anything insightful to be said about her work, and Faye Flam did a good job of it. She kept it brief and relevant to the topic at hand, too!
Definitely an interesting read and well worth the time.
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