When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
By: David M. Buss
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Identifying evolutionary origins of nefarious behavior in no way justifies or excuses it."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"Within-species sexual conflict arms races are analogous to arms races between predators and prey."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"Using one's own sexual mind as an infallible guide for inferring the sexual minds of others is an error."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"From the moment of conception, when the one tiny sperm joins the nutrient-rich egg, women are already contributing much more than the man."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
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1. Healing the Shame that Binds You
By: John Bradshaw
4.09
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
“I used to drink,” writes John Bradshaw, “to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I dran… read more
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"Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are."-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
"Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive."-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
"True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of love."-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
"Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically."-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire
By: Ogi Ogas , Sai Gaddam
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two maverick neuroscientists use the world's largest psychology experiment-the Internet-to study th… read more
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3. Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love
By: Glenn Geher , Helen Fisher , Scott Barry Kaufman
4.03
Format: 453 pages, Hardcover
Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the wh… read more
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4. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Matt Ridley
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queenfrom Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep r… read more
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5. The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
By: Robert Wright
3.83
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among th… read more
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6. Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge
By: David M. Buss , Cindy M. Meston
4.26
Format: None pages,
Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When Cindy M. Meston, a clinical … read more
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7. The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Geoffrey Miller
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating… read more
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8. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
9. The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
By: Steve Stewart-Williams
4.25
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human a… read more
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10. The War on the West
By: Douglas Murray
4.28
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more
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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
11. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
By: Kevin Simler
3.98
Format: 408 pages, ebook
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed … read more
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"In Debt, the anthropologist David Graeber tells the story of Tei Reinga, a Maori villager and “notorious glutton"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Take school, for instance. We say that the function of school is to teach valuable skills and knowledge. Yet students don't remember most of what they're taught, and most of what they do remember isn…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Social status among humans actually comes in two flavors: dominance and prestige.12 Dominance is the kind of status we get from being able to intimidate others (think Joseph Stalin), and on the low-s…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is o…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
12. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
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"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
13. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
14. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
15. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
16. The Psychology of Totalitarianism
By: Mattias Desmet
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The world is in the grips of mass formation—a dangerous, collective type of hypnosis—as we bear wit… read more
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"The first thing totalitarian leaders do is make sure their voices are the only ones left."-Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism
"Totalitarianism and technocracy like to present themselves as the pinnacle of rationality and science."-Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism
"Dissident speech doesn't have to be primarily tactical or rhetorical in nature, but it should be authentic and honest."-Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism
"When society as a whole is in the grip of anxiety and the accompanying images of illness and death, those images in themselves become a causal factor."-Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism
17. The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
By: Richard W. Wrangham
4.21
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
“A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from o… read more
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"The moral sense was once explained purely by religion. Now an evolutionary account is needed."-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
"However, being moral can include not only acts of kindness but also deeds of conformity and violence."-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
"Human competitiveness still has elements of the primate system of achieving status by individual combat."-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
"...there is one thing we all take from granted: from hunter-gatherers to the Pope, we all live by a moral compass."-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
18. Atomic Attraction: The Psychology of Attraction
By: Christopher Canwell
4.14
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
“20% of Men Get 80% of Women.” ~ ( Medium | Data Science) If you want to be a man that 80% of wome… read more
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19. When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
By: David M. Buss
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that… read more
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- evolution
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
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"Identifying evolutionary origins of nefarious behavior in no way justifies or excuses it."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"Within-species sexual conflict arms races are analogous to arms races between predators and prey."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"Using one's own sexual mind as an infallible guide for inferring the sexual minds of others is an error."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
"From the moment of conception, when the one tiny sperm joins the nutrient-rich egg, women are already contributing much more than the man."-David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
20. The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
By: Melissa S. Kearney
3.88
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
The surprising story of how declining marriage rates are driving many of the country’s biggest econ… read more
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21. The Value of Others: Understanding the Economic Model of Relationships to Get (and Keep) More of What You Want in the Sexual Marketplace
By: Orion Taraban
4.56
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
If everyone is looking to secure a relationship with their perceived best option, then the percepti… read more
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