DrRingDing

mods, feel free to move this to the mature forum, but i'm afraid that if it was moved there, it wouldn't be answered... considering the nature of the typical material there...

since nobody answered the question in my 'what are your opinions of my recent book-buying spree?' thread, i thought i'd divide this one out...

i'm looking for books on why humans behave as they do, sexuality-wise. preferrably, the book wouldn't be purely brainy-scientific with charts and graphs, etc etc. i want a book that will explain things in a way less-scientific, more for the casual reader.

thanks for the advice, in advance!
-di doctor-

Hemulen

How about "Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality" by Jared M. Diamond

(as reviewed in The New York Review of Books by Steve Jones:

"Diamond's case is that our sex lives are better understood in terms of genetics than of grand opera. He is among the best of a talented bunch of writers on evolutionary biology. This book is (like his earlier work on the same theme, The Third Chimpanzee) engaging and interesting to read. It is much more than yet another infantile attempt to use a string of unconnected anecdotes to explore the human spirit through the eyes of nature. Why Is Sex Fun? contains many strange and memorable tales of our sex lives and those of our relatives. It is guaranteed to keep a potential partner amused and amazed at the vagaries of what people--and animals--get up to when it comes to passing on their genes."

DrRingDing

thanks very much for the recommendation, Hemulen. it is on my 'to read' list...
-di doctor-

LolaRennt

You can always try "The naked ape" by Desmond Morris. I don't know exactly what his background is, but I though he was an antropologist. He explains, or tries to explain a lot of behavior of mankind by comparing us to apes. You kind of have to be an evolutionist and not a creationist to enjoy this book though.

Yours,
LolaRennt