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How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, And Act The Way We Do (2009)

by Sharon Moalem(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061479659 (ISBN13: 9780061479656)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperTorch

review 1: It's like a sex-ed class for adults. Lots of info you'd probably already know, but also some really interesting fun facts for you to throw out at parties ("Hey, Steve, did you know that babies can lactate?"). Also, it felt kind of jumpy, and a few areas I would have found interesting were sort of glossed over, like the fact that in rare cases babies have developed entirely outside of the uterus and still been delivered (via C-section). As a woman who has never been pregnant, I would like to know where, specifically, a small child could grow in my body if not the uterus. Finally, the book could have used a better copyeditor, and I don't see why the chapters were all song titles, but overall it was a fun read that took the science of sex, anatomy, and evolution and put it in... more words the average person could understand.
review 2: How could I not read a book with that sort of title? Much of the information was a repeat from other books I’ve read, but Moalem also covered a lot that I appreciated, such as a chapter on homosexuality. My main grudge with books like these is that they’re so focused on reproduction that they tend to ignore the fact that desire doesn’t necessarily always follow reproduction, even if we’re biologically hardwired to be a certain way. I just don’t buy all that stuff, and Moalem writes about studies being completed on the function of homosexuality in society and in the animal kingdom. It was nice for once to have someone acknowledge the fact that not everyone is heterosexual. In any case, if you’re looking for a fun read that will help you come up with some great conversation starters (my coworkers have heard all of this by now), then pick this up. But a word of advice: skip the STI chapter. I found it hideously boring. The rest of the book kept it interesting with random facts but that one chapter just read like a health book, and not a very good one at that. less

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