Untrue

Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free

De: Wednesday Martin

Narrado por: Wednesday Martin

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Primates of Park Avenue, a bold, timely reconsideration of female infidelity that will upend everything you thought you knew about women and sex.

What do straight, married female revelers at an all-women's sex club in LA have in common with nomadic pastoralists in Namibia who bear children by men not their husbands? Like women worldwide, they crave sexual variety, novelty, and excitement.

In ancient Greek tragedies, Netflix series, tabloids, and pop songs, we've long portrayed such cheating women as dangerous and damaged. We love to hate women who are untrue. But who are they really? And why, in this age of female empowerment, do we continue to judge them so harshly?

In Untrue, feminist author and cultural critic Wednesday Martin takes us on a bold, fascinating journey to reveal the unexpected evolutionary legacy and social realities that drive female faithlessness, while laying bare our motivations to contain women who step out.

Blending accessible social science and interviews with sex researchers, anthropologists, and real women from all walks of life, Untrue challenges our deepest assumptions about ourselves, monogamy, and the women we think we know. From recent data suggesting women may struggle more than men with sexual exclusivity to the revolutionary idea that females of many species evolved to be "promiscuous" to Martin's trenchant assertion that female sexual autonomy is the ultimate metric of gender equality, Untrue will change the way you think about women and sex forever.

©2018 Wednesday Martin (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Scientifically literate and sexually cliterate...an exuberant unfettering of female sexuality that challenges us to 'think outside her box.' Viva la Vulva!" (Ian Kerner, sex therapist and author of She Comes First)

"Wednesday Martin understands female sexuality - from the #MeToo movement and polyamory to women's prehistoric and cultural heritage. She goes far beyond our current psychological understanding of women's infidelity to tell the real story of women's ubiquitous, tenacious, and primordial sexual strategies. And her writing is not only informative, timely, and refreshing but wonderfully engaging. Brava, Wednesday." (Helen Fisher, author of The First Sex and Why We Love)

If you have ever felt different, other, or just weird when it comes to love, sex, or intimacy, read Untrue. In it, Wednesday Martin bulldozes the sexual stereotypes that have silenced and constrained us for centuries, bringing the voices of women who love in a range of ways to the surface. Dazzling." (Rachel Simmons, cofounder of Girls Leadership and author of Enough as She Is and Odd Girl Out)

Thorough and Refreshing

As a guy who grew up in a strict religious home that worshipped purity culture, it was very healing and freeing to hear all these authentic accounts of women's enjoyment of sexuality and freedom, and the great need to be more sexually positive in general. This conversation is needed!

very informative book all women need

i cried at the end of the book because i felt such a relief

A must for those looking to dig deep

This book helped me truly work through some deep rooted patriarchal ideologies that were enforced on me from the moment I could speak.
She breaks down where many stigmas started so that you can reverse your way of thinking and open the door to new possibilities.
10/10

Very important work. Everyone should read.

This book will set everyone free... men, women. Everyone should read this book. It dispells a myriad of toxic myths regarding women and sexual agency in a very erudite manner.

A fascinating untangling

I have been wanting to "read" this book ever since I heard Wednesday Martin on the Savage Lovecast. And I was not disappointed. There is so much to learn and Untrue does an excellent job of breaking down so much of the science and research into understandable logic. It's changed the way I think and will be recommended reading for my friends.The section that discusses the impact the plough has had on our culture is remarkable. Highly recommend this book.

Provocative Subject, Well Researched

The subject manner of this book is female infidelity, which is not necessarily something we all want to think about, especially not as "good" wives and mothers, but the author presents the facts and research that support that even "good" wives may be untrue. She presents the research of others, but also directly interviews many of those researchers for further insight, which makes the studies more relatable. The stories she tells from women, and a few men. about their own experiences with female infidelity give the book even more depth and make it an easier read. I recommend this book to women and men who are just curious or really looking for information to back up the feelings, or ideas they may already have. It will likely be a somewhat uncomfortable, but also very interesting, talk at our next women's book club.

Eye Opening, a must read!

Having read a lot of material on sex, non-monogamy and desire, it’s hard to find something new and fresh that makes me think and deepens my understanding. This book provided so much new research and insight on female desire and infidelity, challenging so many of my preconceived notions on everything from biology to heterosexuality to bonobos. Great work!

The book was interesting.

I do worry that people my miss interpret the book to mean that monogamous relationships are wrong and if you have urges to cheat then do it which I would disagree with that thinking but it is an interesting book

Finally a book about the truth from a woman’s perspective

I loved this book and it gave me some answers and comfort in my own quest for what’s going on with me. I hope she does another book with more interviews of other consensual non monogamous married couples.

so much I did know about. I'm so grateful

I LOVED this book. what an amazing addition to our literary treasures in America. its was educational to say the least. and empowering to say the most. thank you for your research and time.