Books like What Women Want--What Men Want by John Marshall Townsend


What Women Want—What Men Want presents evidence-­driven arguments that gender differences in sexual behavior stem from deep‑seated evolutionary desires rather than cultural construction. Townsend reviews data from 2,000 questionnaires and 200 intimate interviews, and reports on experiments in which men and women rate potential mates according to attractiveness and economic status. The book examines how these psychological differences impact everyday decision‑making, marital prospects in the modern world, and the interplay of sex and emotion.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology
Authors: John Marshall Townsend
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