Are we monogamous?
- Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá Harper, 2010
The authors of Christopher Ryan (USA) and Cacilda Jethá (Mozambique) draw attention to the discourse that today dominates human sexuality. In their opinion, for centuries, religious authorities have silenced the origin and character of sexuality, have biased doctors, scientists have voluntarily abandoned it, and have been buried by moralizing therapists.
They question the link between traditional marriage, monogamy, the nuclear family and amor-sex. In his view, it is undeniable that the human being has a sexual passion, while today it is said that we have declared war on erotism, ignoring the biology and evolution of the passion of millions of years.
To defend their theory they explain the models of some current human groups, as well as the sexual behaviors of different primates. They talk about today's issues and in a good mood.
Books by Ryan and Jethá Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. You can find it in Spanish: Zergatik da. Modern sexuality. How we pair and why we separate (Paidós transitions, 2012). They have not translated into French, or into Basque, of course.
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