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14%OFFElisabeth A. Lloyd - The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution - 9780674022461 - V9780674022461
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The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution

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Description for The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution Paperback. Why women evolved to have orgasms - when most of their primate relatives don't - is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, this book arrives at another: how could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.

Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? A judicious and revealing look at all twenty evolutionary accounts of the trait of human female orgasm, Lloyd's book is at the same time a case study of how certain biases steer science astray.

Over the past fifteen years, the effect of sexist or male-centered approaches to science has been hotly debated. Drawing ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674022461
SKU
V9780674022461
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About Elisabeth A. Lloyd
Elisabeth A. Lloyd is Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science and Professor of Biology, Indiana University.

Reviews for The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution
Lloyd's book isn't just a "must-read," it's a must-own, must-cite, and must-assign-to-one's-students. William James once defined philosophy as "an unusually stubborn effort to think clearly." This is the most stubborn effort I've ever seen to think clearly about female orgasm.
Rachel Maines, author of The Technology of Orgasm The Case of the Female Orgasm is a review and analysis ... Read more

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