Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles

"An interesting book that sometimes left me feeling slightly voyueristic with its use of fictional sexual settings to set the scene for each scientific denoumement. That the body reacts subconsciously to its own gender's needs in different circumstances is well illustrated with various cost benefit analyses. I also found interesting the information on "sperm armies" with the different "soldiers" for different roles. My two complaints however are the lack of references given and the use of various uncheckable statistics and percentages from surveys on sexuality. I personally would not like to be absorbing "facts" from subjective surveys such as "The Hite Report". My second complaint is that there seems to be a complete subordination of modern mans conscious mind,conscience and cultural influences that are typical of many evolutionary psychological perspectives and some of the explanations are pretty far fetched and overlook alternative explanations. Having said that I am going to read it again and not for the dirty stories!"
~ Written on 2006-04-26

"If you are male or female, young or old you will be shocked by the amazing stories in this book. This will change the way you look at social situations forever. Read it and be enlightened."
~ Written on 2004-03-23

"This is an absolutely excellent piece of work. Written in a detached and scientific style (a necessity given the emotive nature of the content) - this book captures the reader and retains them through it's novel structure and massively thought provoking content.

Sperm Wars leads us through a series of fictional sexual scenarios - and goes on to comment on them from a biological and evolutionary viewpoint - and their impact on the people involved. The scenarios are close to home - and the conclusions are hard hitting, uncomfortable and scientific - all at the same time.

This book gives the reader a unique and unromanticised view into the world of sex, and sexual selection - both in the human animal, and the rest of the animal kingdom in general. For all those who enjoyed the "Battle of the Sexes" chapter in Dawkin's Selfish Gene - this is the book for you. In fact, this is the book for anyone who is remotely interested in male and female sexual behaviour - but can probably only be fully appreciated in the light of Dawkin's book.

All in all, brilliant."
~ Written on 2002-07-22

"A thought provoking book .... it makes the issue with which it deals accessible and fun to read by describing different scenarios of people's sexuality. It is not bias and does not only discuss the stereotypes of men and women created by today's society, but is open and great for anyone interested in the sexual behaviour of men and women."
~ Written on 2001-12-29

"Controversial? Yes. Uncomfortable reading? For some, yes. Though provoking? No question about it..

Sperm Wars is the natural extension to Dawkins' The Selfish Gene and Morris' The Naked Ape and is a must read for anyone interested in the field of socio-biology.

Enjoy."
~ Written on 2000-10-16