| Description |
xvi, 398 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Peter Davison book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-382) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Unscrambling the egg: it begins with one perfect solar cell -- ch. 2. Mosaic imagination: understanding the 'female' chromosome -- ch. 3. Default line: is the female body a passive construct? -- ch. 4. Well-tempered clavier: on the evolution of the clitoris -- ch. 5. Suckers and horns: the prodigal uterus -- ch. 6. Mass hysteria: losing the uterus -- ch. 7. Circular reasonings: the story of the breast -- ch. 8. Holy water: breast milk -- ch. 9. |
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Gray and yellow basket: the bounteous ovary -- ch. 10. Greasing the wheels: a brief history of hormones -- ch. 11. Venus in furs: estrogen and desire -- ch. 12. Mindful menopause: can we live without estrogen? -- ch. 13. There's no place like notoriety: mothers, grandmothers, and other great dames -- ch. 14. Wolf whistles and hyena smiles: testosterone and women -- ch. 15. Spiking the punch: in defense of female aggression -- ch. 16. Cheap meat: learning |
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to make a muscle -- ch. 17. Labor of love: the chemistry of human bondage -- ch. 18. Of hoggamus and hogwash: putting evolutionary psychology on the couch -- ch. 19. Skeptic in paradise: a call for revolutionary psychology. |
| Subject |
Women -- Physiology.
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Women -- Psychology.
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Sex differences.
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Sex Characteristics.
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Women.
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| ISBN |
0395691303 |
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