The Evolution of Human Pair-Bonding, Friendship, and Sexual Attraction presents an evolutionary history of romantic love, male-female pair-bonding, same-sex friendship, and sexual attraction, drawing on sexuality research, gay and lesbian studies, history, literature, anthropology, and evolutionary science. Employing evolutionary theory as a framework, close same-sex friendship is examined as an adaptive trait that has harnessed love, affection, and sexual pleasure to navigate same-sex environments for both men and women.
Key Features
- Interdisciplinary approach incorporating multiple fields of study.
- Explores the biological basis of close same-sex friendships.
- Essential reading for professionals in sexuality research, anthropology, sociology, evolutionary psychology, and gay and lesbian studies.
- Relevant for marriage and family therapists as well as sex therapists.
Additional Information
Chapters consider the desire to form close same-sex friendships and ask if this is embedded in our biology, concluding that most humans have the capacity to form loving, meaningful, and sexual relationships with men and women.
