Female Choices: Sexual Behavior of Female Primates

Meredith F. Small

Published by Cornell University Press 1995

Female Choices

Sexual Behavior of Female Primates

Meredith F. Small

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718021

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Author / Editor information

Meredith F. Small is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University.

Reviews

[Female Choices] is of great value in drawing together the now large literature on sexual interactions in wild, semiwild, and zoo settings of a wide range of different primates.... [Small's] often subtle thinking and willingness to consider critical viewpoints make this a book I would encourage students to read.

Meredith F. Small focuses on sexual activity and mate choice because reproduction is 'the nitty-gritty of evolution.' She compares human and nonhuman primate females... to trace the evolution of human female behavior.... The strength of Small's book is that she supports her thesis with real instances from the lives of real monkeys and apes. She shows that in sexual activity and mate choice, females and males may not be as different as has been commonly supposed.

[Female Choices] deserves the wide audience it will no doubt enjoy. In it the author first summarizes the latest findings on the sexuality of female primates, giving special emphasis to their patterns of mate selection, and then utilizes the primate data as a springboard for a provocative interpretation of women's sexual behavior.

Diane Ackerman, Author of A Natural History of Love:

Filled with fascinating and compelling ideas about human behavior, Female Choices is superbly researched, very readable, and a splendid addition to any library.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Biological Warfare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
CHAPTER 2. Primate Cousins: Looking into the Mirror Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
CHAPTER 3. Enjoy Being a Primate Girl: The Life History of a Female Primate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
CHAPTER 4. Female Choice: The Theory of Mating Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
CHAPTER 5. Females Just Wanna Have Fun: Patterns of Sexual Behavior in Female Primates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER 6. Female Choice and Primates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
CHAPTER 7. Human Female Sexuality and Mate Choice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 8 color plates, 8 halftones
Keywords: Nature Guides & Natural History; Anthropology

eBook

Published: May 31, 2018
ISBN: 9781501718021