Cheap Sex

The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy

De: Mark Regnerus

Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain

Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that have little to do with each other - the Pill and high-quality pornography - and its distribution made more efficient by a third technological innovation, online dating.

Together, they drive down the cost of real sex, and in turn slow the development of love, make fidelity more challenging, sexual malleability more common, and have even taken a toll on men's marriageability.

Cheap Sex takes listeners on an extended tour inside the American mating market, and highlights key patterns that characterize young adults' experience today, including the timing of first sex in relationships, overlapping partners, frustrating returns on their relational investments, and a failure to link future goals like marriage with how they navigate their current relationships.

Drawing upon several large nationally-representative surveys, in-person interviews with 100 men and women, and the assertions of scholars ranging from evolutionary psychologists to gender theorists, what emerges is a story about social change, technological breakthroughs, and unintended consequences.

©2017 Oxford University Press (P)2018 Tantor

Hook-Up Culture - Explained!

There are a few books that I've read and have changed my outlook on everyday life - this is one of them. This book simply uncovered and explained lots of societal trends that I regularly observe in my younger co-workers, but never gave them a second thought other than to say things like, "Dating is so much different now" and the like. It's like having the curtain pulled back and everything explained.

I docked one start because I thought the chapter about pornography and masturbation was far too lengthy and wrought with just too many statistics. The author made is point, but I'm not sure it couldn't have been made in half the time.

As for the 1-star reviews of this book - I'm really having a problem with claims of "Cherry-picking" statistics. The author says in the introduction what sources he uses, and explains that there are no other comparable data sets available. Those reviewers stopped short of referencing data sets beyond what was supposedly "cherry-picked". The shopper should be weary of claims of "cherry-picking" data - I felt the data presentation was honest and sound - one could argue the inferences he draws from said data, but even that is hard to debate I found - and some of those conclusions went against what I would have thought.

Overall I highly recommend the book - it was an eye-opener!

Started off really interesting and strong but..

The book started off really interesting and strong captivated me and felt like I was learning but then it geared toward religion and a little too traditional .

Very informative and research based

If you want to understand the current state of things in human sexual relationships, this book will enlighten and inform. The trends expressed have been proven all the more since it was written.

Absolutely indispensable

A must-read for anyone attempting to understand the modern dating market. Couldn’t recommend it enough, especially for single ladies.

Only listen if you want to understand

Challenging view of human sexuality and cultural change read well. Many will consider it dangerous.