Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles

Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners.

In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man’s sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men’s sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner.

It’s no wonder that Sperm Wars is a classic of popular science writing that will surprise, entertain, and even shock.

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Great perspective , 2008-12-14
I was suggested this book and happy that it was. Robin Baker explains sex and sexual behaviors in a more instinctual way. It was entertaining with the fictional examples that were later explained by a rational evolutionary "natural selection" means.

If curious to understand sexual behavior or human behavior in general this is one to keep in the library. It does not preach infidelity and homosexuality, just explains why evolutionarily speaking, in some cases, it is advantageous. At parts I found it to be some what redundant but this writing style prevents the reader from missing any connections from one section to the next, which was not worth deducting an entire star.


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Astounding Biological Revelations in an Easy-to-Read Package, 2008-11-23
This book is amazingly interesting. It reveals biological facts around sexuality that are astounding (and, for me, somewhat disconcerting). It's also very readable indeed.

My only complaint is that some controversial ideas are given without presenting the arguments against them or outlining competing theories. To his credit, the author acknowledges this very clearly from the outset. Nevertheless, I feel that the book could have benefitted from their inclusion (perhaps in an appendix so that readability is not affected).

Apart from this minor point, this book really opened my eyes and got me thinking ... and gave me great material for conversation with friends! A highly recommended read!


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Whoa!, 2008-10-24
Very interesting book. Highly thoughtful and well written. I dont agree with everything in here, but it was fun to read, and i will never think of sex quite the same again. Read at your own risk!


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

programmed sexual robots, 2008-04-20
Uncompromising, cynical and probably correct. Humans are robots programmed by evolutionary sexual strategies. Expect programmed behavior from others. Know thyself or be a robot.


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To those questioning the science, you're wrong., 2008-02-10
To those who are rather desperately clinging on to their world view despite this book (and it's 1996 earlier version) by criticizing it for lack of scientific rigor, you should realize that this is the popular press version of Baker and Bellis' research and not the academic text. The subject matter is only contoversial by its socially explosive conclusions and not by any questions of its science.

If you really want the solid data to convince you that virtually everything you want to believe is wrong, you should get a copy of Human Sperm Competition: Copulation, Masturbation and Infidelity which is the academic text of their groundbreaking research.

The proper scientific documentation really is there. Our physiology is wildly more complex than most people had believed and clearly did not develop in a sexually pair bonded environment.

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