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Celebrating the natural.(Book review)

Publication: The Journal of Sex Research
Publication Date: 01-MAY-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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An Evolutionary Theory Celebration of Male Sexual Arousal by Females: The Foundations of Male Heterosexuality. By Marvin Siegelman, Ph.D. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006, 139 pages. Paper, $14.95.

Although relatively brief (115 pages without references), Dr. Siegelman's book on theory and...

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...evolutionary male heterosexuality is exhaustively referenced and explicated. In the author's view, evolution (or "Mother Nature" as he often puts it) has equipped males with the innate capacity to become sexually aroused by live, nude, attractive females. (His thesaurus received quite a workout: the objects of arousal are referred to as "exciting females," "enchanting nude female[s]," "gorgeous females," "beautiful females," "young, health, fertile females," and "alluring females," and that is just on page 78!)

Siegelman's book really has two purposes. First, it is an explication of the major tenets of evolutionary theory as it relates to male sexual arousal. Second, Siegelman does what most evolutionary psychologists are a bit hesitant to do: he endorses this arousal as not only natural, but desirable and life fulfilling. He states:

This psychological mechanism, male sexual arousal by females, that appears to be the most important and only mechanism devoted exclusively to facilitating reproductive success, and thus the primary and essential determinant of our existence on this planet, must be intrinsically...

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