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Sex, Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution.
by Leonard Shlain
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0670032336
- ISBN 13
- 9780670032334
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Penguin: Viking, 2003. Hardcover First Edition (2003), so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (2003), so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a hint of shelving wear to the lower extremities and the slightest lean to the spine; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing the minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ shows a tiny nick near the top of the rear 'hinge'; else flawless; the price is unclipped. Virtually 'As New'.NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.35 x 1.4 inches). xx, 420 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Language English. Weight: 27.2 ounces. Hardback with DJ.
Synopsis
As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess , Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from. Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of research, he shows how, long ago, the narrowness of the newly bipedal human female’s pelvis and the increasing size of infants’ heads precipitated a crisis for the species. Natural selection allowed for the adaptation of the human female to this environmental stress by reconfiguring her hormonal cycles, entraining them with the periodicity of the moon. The results, however, did much more than ensure our existence; they imbued women with the concept of time, and gave them control over sex—a power that males sought to reclaim. And the possibility of achieving immortality through heirs drove men to construct patriarchal cultures that went on to dominate so much of human history. From the nature of courtship to the evolution of language, Shlain’s brilliant and wide-ranging exploration stimulates new thinking about very old matters.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 57309
- Title
- Sex, Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution.
- Author
- Leonard Shlain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (2003), so stated; First Printing indicated by a c
- ISBN 10
- 0670032336
- ISBN 13
- 9780670032334
- Publisher
- Penguin: Viking,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2003.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religious Studies; Psychology of Women; Religion; Women's Sexuality; Women's Spirituality;
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