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Author Shlain, Leonard.

Title Sex, time, and power : how women's sexuality shaped human evolution / Leonard Shlain.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 SH69    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 SHLAIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 SH69    Check Shelf
Description xx, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-402) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Iron, sex, and women -- Unknown mother / African Eve -- Big brain / narrow pelvis -- Red blood / white milk -- Plant iron / meat iron -- Gyna Sapiens / Gyna all-the-others -- Periods / perils -- Her climax / his climax -- Grandmothers / circumcision -- pt. 2. Iron, sex, and men -- Prey / predator -- Carnivory / vegetarianism -- Menarche / mustaches -- Premenstrual tension / masturbatory tension -- pt. 3. Sex and time -- Moon / menses -- Woo / I do -- Anima / Animus -- Gay / lesbian -- Same sex / hermaphrodite -- pt. 4. Death and paternity -- Mortality / angst -- Superstition / laughter -- Father / mother -- Incest / dowries -- Wife / husband -- pt. 5. Men and women -- Misogyny / patriarchy -- Unknown mother / African Eve / modern woman.
Subject Sexual attraction.
Mate selection.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Sex (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
ISBN 0670032336 alkaline paper
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