Sex and ReasonSexual 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. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Theoretical Sexology | 13 |
Autres Temps Autres Moeurs | 37 |
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