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Attraction, love, sex : the inside story

LeVay, Simon2025

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"Why don't we reproduce by virgin birth? Why does so much of our sexual behaviour have nothing to do with reproduction? Why isn't everyone heterosexual? How does the brain create sexual arousal? How do sexual kinks develop? Is porn harmful? What is the relationship between sex and love? Attraction, Love, Sex introduces readers to a memorable cast of researchers trying to answer these questions and many more. A biologist dredges a New Zealand lake for asexual mud snails. Psychologists measure whether eating a good meal changes a man's idea of female beauty. Physiologists probe orifices with miniature toilet plungers and place lovers in brain scanners. Geneticists reconstruct the sex crimes of Genghis Khan. Neuroscientists create mice whose sexual behaviour can be switched on and off. A zoologist traps and releases 260,000 voles and launches a new science of love. The renowned scholar Simon LeVay distils vast expertise on the biology and psychology of sex into an engaging and easy-to-understand survey with scientific acumen, a critical eye, and a sense of humour." -- Back cover.