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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
8. Sex in Evolution
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Abstract
There are two great mysteries in women’s sexual nature, at least for evolutionary psychologists who believe that our behavior is conditioned by instincts that favor our chances of survival and of leaving descendants. The first mystery is why women feel desire to mate outside of their ovulation periods. For pleasure, obviously, but no other species does this. If you think about, natural selection shouldn’t allow women to feel eager to invest so much energy and risk when there is no reproductive possibility. A bit further on we will look at the evolutionary motives that made hominids an exception within the animal kingdom.