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Book SynopsisThe interface of sexual behavior and evolutionary psychology is a rapidly growing domain, rich in psychological theories and data as well as controversies and applications. With nearly eighty chapters by leading researchers from around the world, and combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work in the field. Providing a broad yet in-depth overview of the various evolutionary principles that influence all types of sexual behaviors, the handbook takes an inclusive approach that draws on a number of disciplines and covers nonhuman and human psychology. It is an essential resource for both established researchers and students in psychology, biology, anthropology, medicine, and criminology, among other fields. Volume 4: Controversies, Applications, and Nonhuman Primate Extensions addresses controversies and unresolved issues; applications to health, law, and pornography; and non-human primate evolved sexual psychology.
Table of ContentsPart I. Controversies and unresolved issues: 1. The female sexual orientation spectrum in evolutionary perspective Scott W. Semenyna, Paul Vasey, and P. Lynne Honey; 2. The evolution of female same-sex attraction Menelaos Apostolou; 3. Male bisexuality Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Andreone Teles Medrado, and Marco Antonio Correa Varella; 4. Female bisexuality Severi Luoto and Markus J. Rantala; 5. Masturbation in primates Volker Sommer, Ruth Thomsen, and Matilda Brindle; Part II. Applications to health, law, and pornography; 6. Male reproductive health Peter B. Gray and Alex Straftis; 7. Women's menstrual cycles and ovulation provide balanced estradiol and progesterone for fertility and lifelong health Jerilynn C. Prior; 8. Female genital cutting Janet Howard; 9. Costs of polygyny Rose McDermott; 10. Male sexual disorders Klára Bártová and Kateřina Klapilová; 11. An evolutionary perspective on female sexual concerns and dysfunctions Marianne Brandon and Jacqueline M. Di Santo; 12. Evolutionary perspectives on male sexual offending Tony Ward, Russil Durrant, and Harry Dent; 13. Pornography and male sexual psychology Klára Bártová and Lucie Krejčová; Part III. Non-human primate sexual behavior: 14. Chimpanzee sexual behavior Maria Botero; 15. Bonobo sexual behavior and psychology Zanna Clay, Liza Moscovice, and Thibaud Gruber; 16. Orangutan sexual behavior Carel P. van Schaik, Julia A. Kunz, and Maria A. van Noordwijk; 17. Gibbon evolved sexual psychology Thad Q. Bartlett and Alexandra C. Sheldon; 18. Sexual behavior in Marmosets in the context of cooperative breeding Jeffrey A. French and Aaryn C. Mustoe; 19. Capuchin sexual behavior Joseph H. Manson; 20. Sexual behaviour in Neanderthals Emma Nelson, Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Anna Maria Kubicka, and April Nowell; Index.
