ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Concealed Ovulation, Male Lactation, Human Sexuality
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Week 1 chapter 1 notes o o o o o mammalian sexuality with human sexuality. The following human attributes are among those that we take for granted as normal: o. 1: most men and women in most human societies end up in a long-term pair relationship (marriage) that other members of the society recognize as a contract involving mutual obligations. The couple has sex repeatedly, and mainly or exclusively with each other. 2: in addition to being a sexual union, marriage is a partnership for joint rearing of the resulting babies. In particular, human males as well as females commonly provide parental care. 4: marriage partners usually have sex in private, rather than being indifferent to the presence of other humans. 5: human ovulation is concealed rather than advertised. That is, women"s brief period of fertility around the time of ovulation is difficult to detect for their potential sex partners as well as for most women themselves.
