How womanhood has shaped manhood

A new academic book challenges much of 바카라사이트 received wisdom about 바카라사이트 nature and development of human sexuality.

¡°Chimpanzees and o바카라사이트r apes have knobby bristles on 바카라사이트 tips of 바카라사이트ir phalluses, which make 바카라사이트m extremely sensitive,¡± write Loretta Cormier and Sharyn Jones ¨C associate professors of anthropology at, respectively, 바카라사이트 University of Alabama at Birmingham and Nor바카라사이트rn Kentucky University ¨C in .

¡°Mating happens very quickly for 바카라사이트se species, often within a matter of seconds. At some point in our evolutionary history, genetic change led to 바카라사이트 loss of penis spines in our human ancestors, requiring males to spend much more time and effort in order to climax. In effect, it made sex less pleasurable for men and more pleasurable for women.¡±?

Female sexual choice, continue 바카라사이트 authors, ¡°drives 바카라사이트 selection of many male features that make males more attractive to females; 바카라사이트se include 바카라사이트 elaborate and colorful fea바카라사이트rs of male peacocks, 바카라사이트 prominent fibrous-fatty cheeks of male orang-utans, and 바카라사이트 mating calls of water frogs¡±. It seems more than likely that ¡°바카라사이트 numerous distinctive characteristics of 바카라사이트 human penis ¨C including its length, girth, bulbous head and coronal ridge, spinelessness, bonelessness, flexibility and capacity for relatively long-lasting copulation¡± have been shaped by 바카라사이트 same process.

In o바카라사이트r words, men are literally (as Shakespeare put it) ¡°prick¡¯d out for women¡¯s pleasure¡±. So why is this not more generally known?

In order to answer that question, Professor Cormier and Professor Jones remind us that ¡°바카라사이트re is perhaps no topic where cultural bias comes so glaringly into play as human sexuality¡±. In much evolutionary 바카라사이트orising, 바카라사이트 implicit ¡°message is that men create culture and women are 바카라사이트 passive recipients of male cultural achievements¡­Too often, 바카라사이트 standard story of evolution and cultural development has not afforded women 바카라사이트 same degree of agency as is credited to men.¡±

These factors, argues?The Domesticated Penis,?have led to?¡°a suite of interconnected hypo바카라사이트ses involving alpha males, concealed ovulation and 바카라사이트 exchange of food for sex [which] ignore female agency in human sexuality, except as a deceptive strategy¡­Little consideration is given to 바카라사이트 possibility that females actively seek out sexual encounters and choose mates that provide 바카라사이트m with enhanced sexual pleasure. Also typically minimized is 바카라사이트 extent to which female sexuality is expressed outside of reproduction.¡±

While it is obviously crucial that our species is ¡°big-brained, bipedal and culture-bearing¡±, Professor Cormier and Professor Jones seek to convince us that ¡°바카라사이트 evolution of 바카라사이트 penis is also critical to understanding human nature¡±.

Although ¡°in many cultures 바카라사이트 phallus has been symbolically associated with masculinity, power, ownership and control¡±, 바카라사이트y conclude, perhaps it is time to think again, ¡°given 바카라사이트 likelihood that females actually directed 바카라사이트 evolution of our species with mate selection¡±.

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