Sperm Are from Men, Eggs Are from Women

by Quirk, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780762426805
• ISBN10: 0762426802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-22
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

Finally, the answer to why, when it comes to romance, women are coy and men are just clueless--explained from the micro standpoint. Who would have guessed that all of our sexual and social behavior, and even our physical appearance, could be attributed to what our tiny unseen reproductive cells are doing? But that's Quirk's thesis in this highly entertaining book from an Average Guy that's a fun read full ofa-ha!moments for scientists and civilians alike. Learn facts about cheating you'll never see on "Jerry Springer," like how unfaithful females actually change the biology of their mates. Discover why most sperm couldn't care less if they never saw an egg, what makes men yell "woo!" in a feminine falsetto--very similar to the mating cry of the Siamang gibbon--and, most important, the surprising answer on what to wear to attract that alpha mate.

Author Biography

About Joe Quirk, in his own words: "I studied literature and minored in Development of Western Civilization at Providence College, taught partially by Dominican priests who had no sense of humor when it came to my biological observations about celibacy. I graduated at the top of the bottom tenth of my class. I attended one year of law school, so I only lost one third of my soul, which is just enough to function in the American society. I invested the last 7 years of my novel royalties in reading evolutionary biology studies, full-time. Now finally I feel ready to ask a woman on a date."

Table of Contents

1. The Sperm and Egg Problem	10	(8)
2. Female Promiscuity Controls the Size of Your Testicles	18	(7)
3. What Women Want	25	(6)
4. Bodies and Resumes: What Makes Us Horny	31	(3)
5. Why Men Are Afraid of Commitment, Women Cautious about Consummation	34	(5)
6. A Do-It-Yourself Home Experiment	39	(2)
7. How Men Get Sex	41	(3)
8. The Catfight Gene	44	(4)
9. The Jerk Gene	48	(7)
10. Bower Birds Teach Us How Art Evolved to Get the Groupie	55	(8)
11. Male Promiscuity Decides Your Height	63	(8)
12. Why Women Are Coy, Men Clueless	71	(3)
13. Why You're So Horny	74	(5)
14. Darwinism: Survival of the Sexiest	79	(4)
15. How Kindness Became Sexy	83	(5)
16. Why We Bitch	88	(11)
17. Why We Are Fat	99	(4)
18. Aqua-Ape: The Missing Link?	103	(7)
19. Why You Like Spielberg More than T.S. Eliot	110	(6)
20. Let's Face It	116	(3)
21. Love Stinks	119	(7)
22. Faked Orgasms Fool Men, but Real Orgasms Fool Women	126	(8)
23. You Don't Have an Orgasm. An Orgasm Has You.	134	(7)
24. Why Your Clitoris Is Hard to Find	141	(9)
25 March of the Penguin Prostitutes	150	(4)
26. Free Love Causes War	154	(6)
27. Bimbos and Cuckolds: What Makes Us Jealous	160	(8)
28. Why You're Tormented	168	(6)
29. Dying for Sex	174	(3)
30. When Your Wife Sleeps with Your Brother, and You're Okay with That	177	(7)
31. Broad Hips, Big Butts; Broad Shoulders, Big Diction	184	(8)
32. Why Your Penis Is Easy to Find	192	(7)
33. Two Genes for Two Types of Gay Guys	199	(4)
34. Gay Animal Parents	203	(8)
35. Boobies	211	(5)
36. Homo Homo sapiens	216	(5)
37. Why Males and Females Don't Actually Exist	221	(6)
38. Why Men Have Nipples	227	(6)
39. The Sperm and Egg Solution	233	(4)
40. Failing in Love	237	(11)
Afterword	248	(1)
Notes	249	(9)
In Case You Think I'm Full Of it: Bibliography	258	(41)
Useless Index	299
People Who Deserve Acknowledgement but not Payment	271	(1)
About the Author	272