Everybody is interested in sex; everyone talks about it; many write articles and books about sex. Dr. Gislason harvested the best ideas about sex in terms of the ancient biological design of reproduction, and in term of each person's experiences.

The book explores attraction, dating, bonding and mating. Falling in love is described as a temporary, intense bond that brings people together to reproduce. The emotions involved in bonding are explored. Issues in reproductive technology and ethics are described. Mixed gender identities are explained. Social and political issues around sex are considered. A must read for the well informed.

The introduction begins:

"Planet Earth is a sexy place. Sex is elaborated by variations on a common theme: let us make babies.  DNA has mastered mating routines and sex has been a great success as a method of reproduction. Sexual reproduction requires males and females. Sex requires that males and females relate to each other at critical times and in specific ways.

Because there are better and worse ways to combine genes, DNA has a few basic rules about who has sex with whom. The idea of natural selection is that gene changes are selected by reproductive success and by the survival of offspring. Whatever the overlying costumes and complications, humans share patterns of reproduction developed by preceding animals. If you every wondered what your purpose in life is, the answer is easy. Your main job is to secure enough food, safety and social stability that you can have children who will survive to have more children. Every other human activity is optional. 

If you examine the details of individual mating and the mating habits of local groups, you can find a host of imperfections and problems that have been well explored in literature, movies, social policy and law. Overall, however, human reproduction is a great success.

Women are the key to human population and they will decide to have fewer children if they have access to education, employment and contraception.  Since females under the age of 18 have about 40 % of the earth's babies, these younger women need help to find meaning for themselves that does not involve sex, marriage and reproduction. Women have a deep desire to have babies and despite women's liberation, careers and professions, women generally feel incomplete if they forfeit the opportunity to be a mother. Men are also interested in having babies and most are easily drawn into the fertility mood that envelops women they fall in love with. Both lovers experience a deep, irresistible desire to mate and procreate (this is DNA at work). Both parents, given the right circumstances, will bond with their own children and provide protection and nurturing for many years.

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Sex, Bonding and Babies

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