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A Rousing History of Sex
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A rollicking, myth-busting history of sex that moves from historical attempts at birth control to Hildegard von Bingen’s treatise on the female orgasm, demystifying plenty of urban legends along the way.
Roman physicians told female patients they should sneeze out as much semen as possible after intercourse to avoid pregnancy. Historical treatments for erectile dysfunction included goat testicle transplants. In this kaleidoscopic compendium of centuries-old erotica, science writer Rachel Feltman shows how much sex has changed—and how much it hasn’t. With unstoppable curiosity, she debunks myths, breaks down stigma, and uses the long, outlandish history of sex to dissect present-day practices and taboos.
Feltman’s mischievous humor dismantles fear and brings scientific literacy to a subject surrounded by misinformation, and indeed, as it gravitates toward the strange, Been There, Done That delivers some sorely needed sex ed. Explorations into age-old questions and bizarre trivia around birth control, aphrodisiacs, STIs, courtship rituals, and more establish that, when it comes to carnal pleasures and procreation, there’s never been a normal, and sex isn’t something to be scared of.
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A powerful defense of intellectual freedom told through the ordeals of contemporary scientists attacked for exploring controversial ideas, by a noted science historian and medical activist.
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Engrossing but...
- De Lilly F. en 12-30-20
De: Alice Dreger
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Turned On
- Science, Sex and Robots
- De: Kate Devlin
- Narrado por: Kate Devlin
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Sexual activity is central to our very existence; it shapes how we think, how we act and how we live. With advances in technology come machines that may one day think independently. What will happen to us when we form close relationships with these intelligent systems? Sex robots are here and here to stay, and more are coming. This audiobook explores how the emerging and future development of sexual companion robots might affect us and the society in which we live. It explores the social changes arising from emerging technologies and our relationships with the machines that may someday care for us and about us.
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Nuanced, Smart, and Compassionate
- De Karen en 01-20-19
De: Kate Devlin
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What Love Is
- And What It Could Be
- De: Carrie Jenkins
- Narrado por: Carrie Jenkins
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
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What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components.
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What Philosophy Is and What It Could Be
- De Amazon Customer en 03-09-17
De: Carrie Jenkins
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What's Wrong with Homosexuality?
- De: John Corvino
- Narrado por: J. Paul Guimont
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
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For the last 20 years, John Corvino - widely known as the author of the weekly column "The Gay Moralist" - has traversed the country responding to moral and religious arguments against same-sex relationships. In this timely audiobook, he shares that experience - addressing the standard objections to homosexuality and offering insight into the culture wars more generally. Is homosexuality unnatural? Does the Bible condemn it? Are people born gay (and should it matter either way)? Corvino approaches such questions with precision, sensitivity, and good humor.
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Great book and great author
- De Anonymous User en 06-21-18
De: John Corvino
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Ungovernable
- The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
- De: Therese Oneill
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting...a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backward, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians.
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Unexpected and Hilarious
- De M. Huber en 05-21-19
De: Therese Oneill
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The Birth of the Pill
- How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
- De: Jonathan Eig
- Narrado por: Gayle Hendrix
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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We know it simply as "the pill", yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic.
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Overall Excellent Read
- De Rachel en 04-02-22
De: Jonathan Eig
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This Is Your Brain on Parasites
- How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
- De: Kathleen McAuliffe
- Narrado por: Nicol Zanzarella
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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A riveting investigation of the myriad ways that parasites control how other creatures - including humans - think, feel, and act. These tiny organisms can live only inside another animal, and, as McAuliffe reveals, they have many evolutionary motives for manipulating their host's behavior. Far more often than appreciated, these puppeteers orchestrate the interplay between predator and prey.
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Entertaining but questionable studies
- De mdkoci en 01-02-17
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Evolving Ourselves
- How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth
- De: Juan Enriquez, Steve Gullans
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Why are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin were alive today, how would he explain this new world?
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fascinating ideas and science
- De Joel en 07-04-15
De: Juan Enriquez, y otros
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The Bonobo and the Atheist
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological origins of human fairness.
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Great research on apes, bad research on humans
- De Christian Bonnell en 07-18-14
De: Frans de Waal
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Like a Mother
- A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
- De: Angela Garbes
- Narrado por: Roxana Ortega, Angela Garbes
- Duración: 7 h
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What to listen to after What to Expect.... A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and early motherhood that debunks myths and dated assumptions, offering guidance and camaraderie to women navigating one of the biggest and most profound changes in their lives. Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast best? What are the signs and effects of postpartum depression?
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Microchimerism - interesting at first, then profoundly healing
- De Emily Virgil en 09-10-18
De: Angela Garbes
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The Woman in the Strongbox
- Missing collection
- De: Maureen O'Hagan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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In this tantalizing true mystery of a stolen life, an acclaimed reporter and an identity theft investigator follow a series of incredible revelations about the actual identity of a wife, mother, and friend turned perfect stranger. Days after Lori Ruff’s suicide, her family discovered her hidden strongbox containing stunning evidence that her entire life had been invented. Her real identity was buried so deep it would take five years to unearth. Who was Lori Ruff?
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A good short story
- De mommermom en 05-20-19
De: Maureen O'Hagan
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Nature's Nether Regions
- What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves
- De: Menno Schithuizen
- Narrado por: Steven Menasche
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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The story of evolution as you’ve never heard it before. What’s the easiest way to tell species apart? Check their genitals. Researching private parts was long considered taboo, but scientists are now beginning to understand that the wild diversity of sex organs across species can tell us a lot about evolution. Menno Schilthuizen invites listeners to join him as he uncovers the ways the shapes and functions of genitalia have been molded by complex Darwinian struggles.
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A New Favorite
- De S. Pepper en 05-15-15
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Our Inner Ape
- A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we?
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I loved this book
- De Ruth en 06-22-07
De: Frans de Waal
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Been There, Done That
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- andrew mcpherson
- 07-11-22
fun read
A fun, funny and open-minded read about sex, history of animals and people, sexuality Kink and queer
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- Meghan Hurley
- 08-20-22
I love Rachel Feltman!
I love listening to her on weirdest thing I learned this week, so I knew I was going to love this audiobook. What a cool message and a fun listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 08-13-23
Sexy Science You Can Trust
Okay, maybe not super sexy. But also not.. not sexy? If that makes sense?
This book is a good mix of informative, reassuring and funny. I chose it because I knew I could trust the author to provide reliable information based in good science, and she did not disappoint. Well, that and I knew she’d be pretty funny. I learned some intriguing facts and perspectives while also being validated in my experiences as a human.
I think this book would be good for anyone, but particularly those struggling to understand or accept aspects of their sexual lives/preferences/experiences/etc.
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- 07-08-22
Excellent work
Great research and very thorough, informative and realistic. Excellent work could be enticed by anyone
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- Josh
- 03-24-23
A must read/listen
This book is the pinnacle of entertaining education. Rachel explores everything we ever wanted to know about sex and more in a factual entertaining and amazing way.
You gotta read it.
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- Hailey McKeefry
- 11-12-22
Must read for everyone!!!
This book was one of the best books i’ve read in a while, and has so many important messages for people of all kinds, and should be a right of passage for adulthood in my opinion. i will definitely be recommending it to everyone, especially because of how funny and interesting she made all of the facts.
p.s. her podcast, the weirdest thing i learned this week, is also fantastic and i highly recommend it
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- tc
- 10-05-22
normal is a fluid societal construct
Can't get enough of it and wish it was longer or they had more books to explore!
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