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Key insights from Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha's
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
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Start ReadingA sobering scientific look at the pleasures, frustrations, and mechanisms of sex in the modern age.
Human beings are little more than apes. Among other things, this means we are hypersexual creatures. Our superiority tells us we are better than that, and we spin narratives of monogamy and religious authority. Our efforts to conform to what we’re supposed to feel may be one of the deepest sources of dissatisfaction in modern times. In this Snapshot, you’ll discover the myth of serial monogamy and its implications for a species bent on presenting itself as something it isn’t.
Read this Snapshot if you:
- Are interested in the science of sex
- Are looking for a no-holds-barred study of sexual desire
- Are fascinated by the nature versus nurture debate
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Start ReadingBook Information
Key insights from Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha's
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
A sobering scientific look at the pleasures, frustrations, and mechanisms of sex in the modern age.
Human beings are little more than apes. Among other things, this means we are hypersexual creatures. Our superiority tells us we are better than that, and we spin narratives of monogamy and religious authority. Our efforts to conform to what we’re supposed to feel may be one of the deepest sources of dissatisfaction in modern times. In this Snapshot, you’ll discover the myth of serial monogamy and its implications for a species bent on presenting itself as something it isn’t.
Read this Snapshot if you:
- Are interested in the science of sex
- Are looking for a no-holds-barred study of sexual desire
- Are fascinated by the nature versus nurture debate
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Introduction
When people get married in the heat of passion, only to find those flames dulling over time into routine, they often search for ways to “spice things up.” In fact, an entire industry is built around, and profits from, the idea that there’s something inherently wrong with us for not making ourselves attractive enough to our partners.
If anything is wrong, however, it’s that we continue to deny our hypersexual nature. What else would explain the popularity and ubiquity of pornography, epidemics of sexual indiscretion and violence, and the power of sex to sell? We’re hardwired to...