The Evolution of Desire
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"Because only 5 percent of the males monopolize 85 percent of the females, sexual selection pressures remain intense even today. Male elephant seals must fight not just to beat other males but also to be chosen by females." --The Evolution of Desire (1995) by David Buss |
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Evolution Of Desire: Strategies Of Human Mating (1995) is a book by David Buss.
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If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first work to present a unified theory of human mating behavior. Drawing on a wide range of examples of mating behavior -- from lovebugs to elephant seals, from the Yanomamö tribe of Venezuela to online dating apps -- Buss reveals what women want, what men want, and why their desires radically differ. Love has a central place in human sexual psychology, but conflict, competition, and manipulation also pervade human mating -- something we must confront in order to control our own mating destiny.
