An uproarious and authoritative natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation, this bestselling guidebook to sex reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters-such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis. At once entertaining and wise, Dr. Tatiana (a.k.a. Olivia Judson) fuses natural history with advice to the lovelorn, blends wit and rigor, and reassures her anxious correspondents that although the acts they describe might sound appalling and unnatural, they are all perfectly normal-so long as you are not a human. In the process, she explains the science behind it all, from Darwin's theory of sexual selection to why sexual reproduction exists at all. By applying human standards to the natural world, in the end she reveals the wonders of both.
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奥利维雅•贾德森 (Olivia Judson),美女学者,进化生物学家,是亲缘利他理论创始人汉密尔顿的晚年弟子,牛津大学博士。现为伦敦帝国学院(Imperial College in London)研究员。其作品见于《自然》(Nature)、《科学》(Science)、《经济学家》(The Economist)、以及《泰晤士报高等教育副刊》(The Times Higher Education Supplement)等著名学术杂志和报刊。
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两性的战斗分为两条战线。雌雄两性之间的利益冲突意味着其中一种性别投入使用的每一种新武器或者行为都会促使另一种性别发展出对应的武器或者行为。同时,雄性也发展出巧妙处理前一个交配者的遗留物并为后来的交配者制造麻烦的本领。如果你持续观察几代,你就会见证这场激烈的进化战争。
但当你是一个什么也提供不了的雄性时,你没有资本引诱任何雌性,胁迫成了你唯一的选择。事实上,优胜劣汰法则鄙视那些风度翩翩的失败者。如果你没有任何资本,又不愿借助暴力,你将断子绝孙,你彬彬有礼的基因将随你的消亡而灰飞烟灭。
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