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21 " Small balls = small competition between males for females. Big balls = big competition. Chimpanzees have massive testicles because their females copulate with multiple males. "
― Sara Pascoe , Sex Power Money
22 " A woman who remains pair-bonded but has sexual encounters on the side is genetically spread-betting. If we take all morality and social conditioning out of the equation, it is the best mating strategy for females. She has the support and resources to raise her young, yet the opportunity to diversify and upgrade. "
23 " Similarly for human males, the most effective mating strategy is to be pair-bonded but enjoy some extrapair copulations with other partners. "
24 " there was a recent experiment where men on stag dos were separated from the group and asked about their night. The majority of men individually said they weren’t enjoying themselves but were doing it for the others! "
25 " After a separation of several days males were treating their partner to sperm at the top end of the motility range, especially if she’d been around other men. THIS IS HUGE. This means that the male body is subconsciously aware that its sperm might have to outswim some other dude’s. "
26 " Plus we’ve had female students missing school,’ the teacher added, ‘because they’re in hospital with anal injuries.’ Straight into the top ten Worst Sentences I’ve Ever Heard. "
27 " Experimenters popped some fake semen in the fake female, thrust away with the fake male and measured which dildo displaced the most. The smooth one removed the least, around 35 per cent, but both ridged fellows got out over 90 per cent. "
28 " We have to be careful with language because it creates the world. "
29 " Chimp intercourse lasts about fifteen seconds and they’re not facing extinction. Could our species’ thrusty sessions be about sperm removal? Getting that ridge deep inside and having a good clear-out? "
30 " Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative. "
31 " This sex difference in post-coital response – the male quick to relax and fall into slumber, while the female remains alert, perfectly able to have more sex (and more orgasms BY THE WAY) – is theorised to be down to multi-partnering in our evolution. At least it gives the female the option, whereas the male gets stimulated, orgasms and is spent. "
32 " As our physical evolution (big brain + small hips = earlier baby) made child-rearing increasingly difficult, our species evolved stronger familial bonds in response. A closely knit, helpful, supportive family increased our offspring’s survival chances – hence the genes for putting up with caring about relations were selected for. "
33 " Being more compact means the body can stay warm using fewer calories. It’s why people who have evolved in harsher climates like the Arctic are shorter and squatter, while people on the equator are lither and leggier. "
34 " I googled ‘monkey brothel’, had an existential crisis, and eventually found the details I wanted in a New Yorker article titled ‘Monkey Business’. "
35 " By masturbating every few days a man keeps his sperm fresh and energetic, vital for sperm competition. New studies also suggest that masturbating reduces the chances of getting prostate cancer and lowers stress, so it’s an all-round great way to spend your time. "
36 " In hunter–gatherer societies, pre-religion and getting sacked from work, the reason we evolved to conceal our sex was that other people might want to join in. And if they are stronger than you, you might not be able to stop them. "
37 " psychotherapist Richard Sipe discovered through probing interviews that of course they do. And yet again there was a sex difference. He reported that priests masturbated more than nuns. "
38 " Beatings, invasions of privacy, restricting access to a phone, money and other freedoms – these are mate-guarding behaviours and in evolutionary terms can be linked to males’ lack of paternity certainty. "
39 " If sex was all about reproduction, how could so many individuals be aroused by a practice that works against them? Why has our species evolved so many sexual practices that are unconnected with the continuation of the species? "
40 " a study where women rated the attractiveness of pictures of men. They found that if they put a man next to an expensive car he was judged more handsome. "