The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385495165 (0385495161)
Publish date: April 18th 2000
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Biology,
Sexuality,
Anthropology,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Evolution,
Gender,
Brain
I liked the theories involving sexual selection, but I don't like the author's attitude and writing style - it made me want to throw the book out the window. There is inconsistency in presenting arguments, and the book is unnecessarily long.
One way of looking at this book is that it claims women have been selectively breeding men for the last few hundred thousand years. They've prioritized intelligence, creativity, sensitivity and good parenting skills. And they've done a fine job. As Miller says, in an early chapter: a human male is a...
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