Looking for suggestions on books about sexual biology and/or psychology.
October 5, 2009 11:37 AM   Subscribe

Looking for suggestions on non-fiction books about sexual biology and/or psychology.

My brother recently recommended that I read Sperm Wars by Robin Baker. I'm interested in delving more into this topic, books on sexual biology, sexual psychology, and evolutionary biology. The general topics I'm interested in along these lines are sex, gender, sexual orientation and relationships.

Looking for suggestions, controversial is ok. Anything from a feminist perspective is also welcomed.
posted by hazyspring to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I haven't read it (yet!), but people say that Woman: An Intimate Geography, by Natalie Angier, is wonderful.
posted by dreamyshade at 11:52 AM on October 5, 2009


I've heard good things about Bonk by Mary Roach.
posted by OmieWise at 12:00 PM on October 5, 2009


The Red Queen
posted by dortmunder at 12:00 PM on October 5, 2009




Seconding the Red Queen.

Desmond Morris:
The Naked Ape
The Naked Man
The Naked Woman
posted by fairykarma at 12:58 PM on October 5, 2009


The Sexual Brain by Simon LeVay is a great book that touches on endocrinology, behavioral psychology, evolution, and sexual orientation.
posted by solipsophistocracy at 1:32 PM on October 5, 2009


I read Brain Sex and then You just don't understand by Deborah Tannen in the course of a week. It made my head spin at Thanksgiving watching everyone behave as the books described. They may be a bit dated now.
posted by mearls at 4:25 PM on October 5, 2009


Boink by Mary Roach.
posted by pxe2000 at 5:24 PM on October 5, 2009


I was gonna suggest Bonk too (it's not Boink)
posted by FlyByDay at 7:57 PM on October 5, 2009


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