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Female Control: Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice Review

This book is an amazing testament to the diversity of female sexual behavior and the lengths by which females can control who impregnates them. In American culture, we have this idea that females are sexually passive in contrast to the sexually active aggressive male. This book helps to blow that concept out of the water.

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A growing body of evidence has begun to reveal flaws in the traditional assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. William Eberhard has compiled an impressive array of research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. He describes studies of many different cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but nevertheless reject him as a father. Evidence from various fields indicates that such selectivity by females may be the norm rather than the exception. Because most post-copulatory competition between males for paternity is played out within the bodies of females, female behavior, morphology, and physiology probably often influence male success in these contests. Eberhard draws examples from a diversity of organisms, ranging from ctenophores to scorpions, nematodes to frogs, and crickets to humans.

Cryptic female choice establishes a new bridge between sexual selection theory and reproductive physiology, in particular the physiological effects of male seminal products on female reproductive processes, such as sperm transport, oviposition, and remating. Eberhard interweaves his review of previous studies with speculation on the consequences of this theoretical development, and indicates promising new directions for future research.


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I received this book as a gift. It is full of helpful information. All the information is concise and to the point, very easy to understand. I especially like the way each of the 100 questions is listed in the table of contents, so you can easily skim to the topics that interest you most. Highly recommended for moms and dads to be.

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I have a friend who will only allow himself to read one page a night when he's down to the last 15 pages of a really good book. I never could understand this practice before I read "The Bowl Is Already Broken." But, I confess, I couldn't do it. I greedily devoured every word.
Each character revels in and is held prisoner by his or her own obsessions. Even though the characters exist in the microcosm of museum life, this book is such a full story in the world. While revealing the inner workings of a museum, the author also unravels the stories of objects; the meaning expressed in the fabulous decorations of Chinese porcelains as well as their cultural and historical significance. But these descriptions are intertwined with the action, and add significantly to the depth of the characters and the plot. So, when the former director takes off on an archaeological expedition in central Asia, the worlds of art and politics collide. The politics work so well precisely because the author avoids being dull or preachy. This is a clever novel full of beauty and wit.

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Jane Review & Ratings

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Jane is a single American movie critic living in London in the early 70's. She is juggling three - count 'em - three lovers - a handsome black American professor, a titled Englishman and a burglar. From her loft apartment she deals with the difficulties of managing to keep the three of them apart while going to films and writing reviews. She tends to prefer to review the arty films rather than the more popular ones which her newspaper would prefer her critique. She also has a problem with the family of the titled English gentleman. At a dinner at the family seat she wonders if anyone has ever bothered to ask the fox what it thinks of the hunt. Her sense of humor is sharp and she has a keen eye for hypocrites. "Jane" is a terrific story of a woman on her own trying to live an independent life considered more suitable for a man. The writing is good, the characters entertaining and all too human and as the "plot thickens" and I won't divulge how, the reader is rooting for Jane to land on her feet. A thoroughly enjoyable story and I would love to know why it was never made into a move as advertised on the original book cover or why Dee Wells never followed this book with another.

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NOT MY DAUGHTER is a riveting story that confronts a subculture of teenage girls and their pact to become pregnant. Barbara Delinsky's tale is set in Zaganack, a small coastal town in Maine that serves as a microcosm of the social, political, economic and cultural landscape of our times. A company town for an upscale retailer, Zaganack is an old township of family ties and deep communal relations, and its values are reflected in that understanding. But this town will be challenged by the age-old question: What makes someone a "good mother?"
Susan, Kate, Sunny and Pam have been friends for a long time. As part-time co-workers, they even created PC Wool, a subdivision of the local retailer specializing in dyed wools, designs and patterns. Just as the mothers are close to one another, so are their four daughters, Lily, Mary Kate, Jess and Abby. The girls are all intelligent, popular and outstanding high school seniors whose mothers are anticipating them going forward with their education when they graduate.
At a mother-daughter evening out, Lily announces to her mother that she is pregnant. Susan, who became a single parent as a teen, is confounded by the news. She also learns that Lily is not the only one expecting --- Mary Kate and Jess are as well. Susan informs Lily's father, Rick, who has always been part of their lives but upon hearing this news decides to become more involved. When it is discovered that there has been a pact between the girls to become pregnant, the characters of each of the mothers and their relationships with their daughters are brought into question. How could this have happened to their smart and wonderful children?
For Susan, the high school principal, Lily's pregnancy has unintended consequences. Susan is faced with defending herself as both mother and principal as she too was an unmarried teenage mother. Her core principles are put to the test as she is criticized for being an unconvincing role model. Some parents and others question if this is history repeating itself.
As the town, school and businesses try to figure out the why, where and who surrounding the pregnancy pact, there are increasing calls for Susan's resignation. Will she keep her job? What about the girl's lives, their friendships and their babies? Is marriage something for all of them to consider? Each mother and daughter must evaluate their bond to one another and the new lives growing inside the young women.
Barbara Delinsky's latest novel reminds this reviewer just how powerful a story --- even a fictional one --- can be. She has captured through her characters and their difficulties some of the social and cultural fabric of our times. This tale reflects the struggles that teen pregnancy creates for the mother-daughter bond, female and family relationships, and their professional and community lives. Delinsky's characters are like friends you might know, and with her uncanny ability to tell a story, you won't be able to wait to turn the page.
With realistic dialogue, credible characters and defining values, NOT MY DAUGHTER is one worth bringing to your book club or using in a discussion with family and friends.
--- Reviewed by Jennifer McCord

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From Here to Paternity Review & Ratings

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Like MD's last Ladlit book I read this was good fun. £100 an hour, Life-coach, Will is a single guy who sees his friends getting married off and decides he wants to get married and have kids. Trouble is he needs to meet Miss Right first. Most of the book details his efforts in a comical way which is fun. He lives in the pockets of his married friends Tom and Barbara (Good Life?)who set him up with someone, he then goes out with someone at work (though when she sees him she scarpers) he then goes out with someone he meets in a coffee shop and advertises himself on ebay. If taken more seriously you will wonder why this girl magnet struggles to meet Miss Right but the trick is not to take it too seriously and enjoy the ride.

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