| Description |
xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: An Ode to Witlessness -- Pt. 1. Sexual Stereotypes and the Biases that Bind -- 1. Sex and the Death of a Loon -- 2. Substitute Stereotype: The Myth of the Ecofeminist Animal -- 3. Selfless Motherhood and Other Unnatural Acts -- 4. DNA and the Meaning of Marriage -- 5. The Care and Management of Sperm -- Pt. 2. Unnatural Myths -- 6. Sex and the Scala Naturae (or, Worms in the Gutter) -- 7. Bonobos: Dolphins of the New Millennium -- 8. The Alpha Chicken -- Pt. 3. Human Evolutionary Perspectives -- 9. Soccer, Adaptation, and Orgasms -- 10. Sacred or Cellular: The Meaning of Menstruation -- 11. That's not Sex, They're Just Glad to See Each Other -- 12. Can Voles Do Math? -- Conclusion: Unnatural Boundaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Sexual behavior in animals.
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| LC no. |
2001005771 |
| ISBN |
0520219740 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520240758 paperback |
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