The Monogamy Gap Men Love and the Reality of Cheating 1st Edition by Eric Anderson ISBN 0199943907 9780199943906

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ISBN 10: 0199943907

ISBN 13: 9780199943906

Author:  Eric Anderson 

The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating 1st Edition: Whether straight or gay, most men start their relationships desiring monogamy. This is rooted in the pervasive notion that monogamy exists as a sign of true love. Yet despite this deeply held cultural ideal, cheating remains rampant. In this accessible book, Eric Anderson investigates why 78% of men he interviewed have cheated despite their desire not to.

Combining 120 interviews with research from the fields of sociology, biology, and psychology, Anderson identifies cheating as a product of wanting emotional passion for one’s partner, along with a steadily growing desire for emotionally-detached recreational sex with others. Anderson coins the term “the monogamy gap” to describe this phenomenon.

Anderson suggests that monogamy is an irrational ideal because it fails to fulfil a lifetime of sexual desires. Cheating therefore becomes the rational response to an irrational situation.

The Monogamy Gap draws on a range of concepts, theories, and disciplines to highlight the biological compulsion of our sexual urges, the social construction of the monogamous ideal, and the devastating chasm that lies between them. Whether single or married, monogamous or open, straight or gay, readers will find The Monogamy Gap to be an enlightening, intellectually compelling, and provocative book.

 

The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part One: Introduction

• Overview of the Research
• Developing a Critique of Monogamy
• About the Study

Part Two: Men, Attraction, and Love

• The Hardening and Softening of Men
• The Science of Sexual Attraction
• The Development of Romantic Relationships

Part Three: Monogamy and Its Discontents

• Categorizing Monogamy Types
• Monogamism
• The Monogamy Gap
• Costs of Monogamism
• Jealousy
• Liberation from Monogamous Missionary Sex

Part Four: The Reality of Cheating

• Prevalence of Cheating
• Spontaneous Cheating
• Cheating Out of Love
• Consequences of Cheating
• Counter Currents
• Conclusions

 

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