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  • Written by: David M. Buss
  • Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
  • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Publisher's Summary

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 37 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.

Fully revised and updated to reflect the very latest scientific research on human mating, this classic work of evolutionary psychology explains the powerful forces that shape our most intimate desires.

©2018 David M. Buss (P)2018 Hachette Audio

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Redpill awareness I suppose

Got recommended this by entrepreneurs in cars I guess it was pretty good. Decent book

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Good overall. But Author is biased toward feminist ideology

Most of the book seems to be good information collected and processed impartially.
But a few parts of the book demonstrate that the author is biased toward feminism:
-the use of the word “mansplaning”
-the author says forced sex is part of the man evolutionary repertoire but that it’s morally wrong ( which I obviously agree with!). But he also claims that women’s short term mating strategies (casual sex) shouldn’t be judged morally because they are simply part of the evolutionary strategies repertoire. That’s a blatant contradiction, and a bias toward feminist idea that makes one question the research methodology and reasoning in the rest of the book.

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Amazing

Incredible book. Very informative and entertaining and sheds the light on many unspoken concepts. It teaches you how science explains the relationship between the sexes away from any religious, ideological or political interference.

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really powerful!

the narrator did a fantastic job. I found the information very interesting and engaging. it's presented in as much of a gentle and inclusive manor as possible.

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