Sex and Reason

Sex and Reason
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 469
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ISBN-10 : 9780674042254
ISBN-13 : 0674042255
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Book Synopsis Sex and Reason by : Richard A. Posner

Download or read book Sex and Reason written by Richard A. Posner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual drives are rooted in biology, but we don’t act on them blindly. Indeed, as the eminently readable judge and legal scholar Richard Posner shows, we make quite rational choices about sex, based on the costs and benefits perceived. Drawing on the fields of biology, law, history, religion, and economics, this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to today’s Sweden and issues from masturbation, incest taboos, date rape, and gay marriage to Baby M. The first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls, Posner’s rational choice theory surprises, explains, predicts, and totally absorbs.


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