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Oct 2009
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Why Women Have Sex - Understanding Sexua...

KATHRYN ZOX
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Kathryn explores Why Women Have Sex. Do women have sex simply to reproduce or to display their affection? When University of Texas at Austin clinical psychologist Cindy M. Meston and evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss joined forces to investigate the underlying sexual motivations of women for WHY WOMEN HAVE SEX (Times Books/September 29, 2009), what the ... Show More
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