TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Sperm Wars

Go To

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1: Nov 15th 2012 at 9:22:00 AM

No, it's not a Parallel Porn Title of Star Wars nor is it any other sort of smut. It's a non-fiction book written by Robin Baker, apparently the mass media accessible version of his book, Human Sperm Competition: Copulation, Masturbation and Infidelity, trading the scholarly citations and statistics for entertaining stories illustrating his points. His basic premise is that all of our behavior towards sex is caused by our desire to create the greatest genetic legacy, whether we admit it or not, and widespread infidelity is a central aspect of our behavior. Personally, I feel like there are several areas where he brushes over more reasonable explanations in order to feed his pet theory, but it's a very entertaining book.

As a side note, while the cover art is fairly tame (showing a 4-color comics depiction of a woman kissing a man while having a thought bubble of kissing another man), the name of the book has led to all kinds of interesting discussions when people see me reading it.

So, long story short, is it reasonable to add an entry on the wiki? By its nature, it will be almost entirely Sex Tropes of one sort or another, of course.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#2: Nov 19th 2012 at 5:49:10 AM

So... I'm getting near the end of the book, and things are getting a bit weird. Er... weirder, I guess. Dr. Baker begins contemplating a "prostitution gene" which inclines women towards the oldest profession as a method of perpetuating their genes. Basically, like bisexuality, he posits it as a way of increased promiscuity at the cost of increased risk. This after a chapter where he quotes statistics on date rape and hypothesizes that some girls are genetically programmed to enjoy such encounters as a way to ensuring that their children will be more likely to spread their genes.

Like I said, it gets weirder...

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#3: Nov 20th 2012 at 1:16:17 AM

I don't think this book should have an entry on the wiki, since it's non-fiction. (I know we have some work pages for non-fiction works, but I don't see the point of those either.)

Add Post

Total posts: 3
Top