Sperm wars: infidelity, sexual conflict, and other bedroom battles

✍ Scribed by Baker, Robin

• Book ID: 100544240
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 233 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0465012965

✦ Synopsis

Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head. Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners. In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off.;Sperm Wars; Also by Robin Baker; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; Introduction; 1 -- The Generation Game; SCENE 1; 2 -- Routine Sex; SCENE 2; SCENE 3; SCENE 4; SCENE 5; 3 -- Sperm Wars; SCENE 6; SCENE 7; 4 -- Counting the Cost; SCENE 8; SCENE 9; SCENE 10; SCENE 11; 5 -- Secret Anticipation; SCENE 12; SCENE 13; SCENE 14; 6 -- Successful Failure; SCENE 15; SCENE 16; SCENE 17; 7 -- Shopping Around for Genes; SCENE 18; SCENE 19; SCENE 20; SCENE 21; 8 -- The Climax of Influence; SCENE 22; SCENE 23; SCENE 24; SCENE 25; SCENE 26; 9 -- Learning the Gropes; SCENE 27; SCENE 28; SCENE 29; 10 -- One Way or Another.

✦ Subjects

SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology