Sex and Reason

Sexual drives are rooted in biology but we dont act on them blindly. Indeed as the eminently readable judge and legal scholar Richard Posner shows we make quite rational choices about sex based on the costs and benefits perceived. Drawing on the fields of biology law history religion and economics this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to todays Sweden and issues from masturbation incest taboos date rape and gay marriage to Baby M. The first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls Posners rational choice theory surprises explains predicts and totally absorbs.