A Billion Wicked Thoughts What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships

by Ogas, Ogi; Gaddam, Sai

• ISBN13: 9780452297876
• ISBN10: 0452297877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-29
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Following in the footsteps of Alfred Kinsey, two maverick neuroscientists present an explosive, no-holds-barred report on sexual desire, based on the world's largest experiment on human behavior--the Internet.

Author Biography

Ogi Ogas studies computational models of memory, learning, and vision. He was a Department of Homeland Security Fellow.

Sai Gaddam studies large-scale data analysis and serves as a data mining consultant in India. They both received their Ph.D.s in computational neuroscience from Boston University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface: The World's Largest Behavioral Experiment
Why freshmen are easy, but the Internet is better	p. xv
What Do We Really Like? Sexual Cues
How the Internet yanks open the curtains to reveal our most secret desires	p. 1
Monkey Pay-Per-View: Male Visual Cues
Why plump is sexy, mature ladies hold special advantages, and Freud suffered from penis envy	p. 23
Elmer Fudd, Wabbit Hunter: Male Desire
Why men can get turned on by a jar of pennies and the male sexual brain is a clumsy hunter	p. 45
The Miss Marple Detective Agency: Female Desire
Why there is no such thing as female Viagra and women have the most sophisticated brain on Earth	p. 62
Ladies Prefer Alphas: Female Psychological Cues I: The Hero
Why women like barons, billionaires, and serial killers	p. 85
The Sisterhood of the Magic Hoo Hoo: Female Psychological Cues II: The Heroine
Why the best men are always taken and every girl just wants to be loved	p. 108
Boys Will Be Boys: Gay Cues
Why gay men like straight guys and gay porn is (almost) indistinguishable from straight porn	p. 128
A Tall Man with a Nice Tush: Female Visual Cues
Why Playgirl magazine flopped, a firm tush is a nice advantage, and so many people don't like porn	p. 152
Cheating Wives and Girls Gone Wild: Male Psychological Cues
Why the forbidden is so exciting and the unexpected reason men like group sex	p. 174
Lords and Lordosis: Human Psychological Cues
Why domination and submission are two sides of the same cortex	p. 195
Erotical Illusions: The Creative Power of Cues
What the Mona Lisa smile, Oreo cheesecake, and paranormal romance have in common	p. 213
Conclusion: Happy Ending or Happily-Ever-After?
So what do I do with all this information?	p. 239
Acknowledgments	p. 243
Notes	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 304
Index	p. 384
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