The Secrets Of Love And Lust: The Science and Psychology of Sex, Love and Marriage

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A study of the evolution and nature of sexual desire. Arguing that our sexuality is the result of three interlocking forces - gender, culture and constitution - Simon Andreae examines the process through which we become straight or gay, grow up to desire blondes or brunettes, breasts or buttocks, people who do or don't look like our parents, and have sex which is wild or tame. In the process he confronts some of the most fascinating questions which underpin all our lives: why do men and women fantasize about different things, what's so special about one person and not another, and why do we fall in (and out) of love Whether discussing the science of the gay gene, the flagellatory impulses of the Christian clergy, the value of vibrators, or the escapades of a lovesick medieval baron, Andreae digs to the root of the human sex-drive.

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'Fizzy, provocative and hugely sensible' - Anthony Clare, THE OBSERVER 'This is just about everything you might want to know about human sexuality from our happy hunter-gathering days through the ongoing ordeals of monotheism to today's Alpha male trapped in his Oval Office by desire. This splendid guide to our mating habits belongs in every household...a true vade-mecum.' - GORE VIDAL

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Simon Andreae is a journalist & t.v. producer, whose series include The Nature of the American Presidency & The Global History of Food. Beyond Love (1995), examining extreme sexual obsessions, was described by THE TIMES as ""the most talked about documentary of the year"".