Why Women Have Sex (51 page)

Cloyd, Jerald,
22

coercion, sexual,
142
,
218–22

coital cephalgia,
237

commitment

jealousy and,
107
,
109

love and,
53–54

commitment skepticism bias,
218

committed mates.
See
long-term mates

committed relationships.
See
long-term relationships

communication,
43–44

companionate love,
54

compatability, sexual,
155–57

competition.
See
sexual competition

confidence.
See
self-esteem

consumer behavior,
84

consummate love,
54

Coolidge, Calvin,
163

Coolidge effect,
163

cortisol,
68
,
250

cosmetics,
82–83

counseling for rape victims,
228–29

Crawford, Joan,
260

Crowe, Cameron,
92

Cuddle Party,
69–70

culture

jealousy and,
100–104

marital sex and,
138

orgasm and,
45–46

rape and,
230

sexuality and,
73–75

virginity and,
149–50

Cutler, Winnifred,
9

dancing,
18

Daphnis and Chloe,
50

D’Aquili, Eugence,
75

Darwin, Charles,
xvi

David, King,
93

deception, sexual,
212–18

DeGeneres, Ellen,
22

Dennerstein, Lorraine,
133

depression

hormones and,
248–49
,
252

neurotransmitters and,
57
,
249–50

passionate love and,
56

sexual functioning and,
250–51

sexual intercourse and,
251–56

derogatory labels,
86
,
87

Des Barres, Pamela,
92

Desdemona,
103

Dickinson, Robert Latou,
xiv

dihydroepiandrosterone (DHEA),
126

directed masturbation,
46

divorce,
114

Dong Xian,
50

dopamine,
163

double standards,
86–87

Dupré, Ashley Alexandra,
177–78

Durante, Kristina,
84

Dylan, Natalie,
167
,
168

Ecstasy of St. Theresa
(Bernini),
75

egg donation,
171

Eisenman, Russell,
155

ejaculation, female,
36
,
39

Ekman, Paul,
103

Elders, Jocelyn,
175

Ellis, Havelock,
xiii

emotional connection

gender and importance of,
75–76
,
215

sexual intercourse and,
51
,
64–68
,
201–2
,
214–15
,
254–56

emotional deception,
214–17

emotional turmoil,
56–57

emotional wisdom,
103

Emotions Revealed
(Ekman),
103

empty love,
54

endometriosis,
240

endorphins,
237–38
,
244

England,
174

ephedrine,
33

erectile dysfunction,
191–92

erotic rape fantasies,
233

estrogen,
124
,
127
,
252

Etcoff, Nancy,
82

ethnicity,
149–50

Eugenics and Sex Harmony
,
131

Everly Brothers,
147–48

evolution-based hypotheses,
xv–xvi

on the costs of rape,
231

on emotional connection and sex,
214–15

on high-status partners,
199

on love,
59
,
75–77

on orgasm,
47

on self-esteem and sexuality,
191–92

on sexual attraction,
2
,
7
,
11
,
13–14

on sexual bartering,
188–89

on sexual competition,
79–80
,
85

on sexual desire,
122
,
128

on sexual jealousy,
100
,
102–3

on sexual power,
171–72

on sexual selection,
xvi

on virginity,
146

exercise,
246–47
,
256–57

extramarital affairs.
See
sexual infidelity

extraversion,
164–65

eye contact,
4

facial expressions,
217

facial features,
12–16

fame,
23–25

familiarity,
3–5

fantasies,
123
,
172
,
206–7
,
208
,
233–34

fashion,
82–83

Female Chauvinist Pigs
(Levy),
166

female ejaculation,
36
,
39

female genital mutilation,
104–6
,
146

fertility,
8–9

fidelity,
104
,
109
,
165

Finkelhor, David,
225

First Corinthians,
138

Fisher, Helen,
57

Fisher, Maryanne,
85

flowback,
48

foolish love,
54

force-only rape, marital,
226

foreplay,
132

Foxx, Jamie,
184

France,
150

fraternal polyandry,
102

Freud, Sigmund,
xii
,
42

friends-with-benefits,
183–84
,
185–86

G-spot,
35–36
,
39
,
238

Gallup, Gordon,
232
,
251

Ganda,
176

Garver-Apgar, Christine,
7

Gebhard, Paul H.,
xiii–xiv

gender

and health benefits of sex,
257–58

and importance of emotional connection,
75–76
,
215

love “at first sight” and,
59
,
60

love-sex link and,
63–64

masturbation and,
33

relationship breakups and,
59–60

reproductive biology and,
171

sexual arousal and,
162–64
,
173

sexual desire and,
121–23

sexual satisfaction and,
153–54

and standards for sexual encounters,
172–73

Genesis,
230

genetic benefits,
2

Genghis Khan,
230–31

genital arousal,
31–34
,
47

genital arousal cues,
122–23

genital vasocongestion,
31
,
32
,
33

Gershon, Stephanie,
167–68

ginkgo biloba,
33

Giordano, Emanuele,
182

Grafenberg, Ernst,
35

Grafenberg spot.
See
G-spot

Grammer, Karl,
19
,
85

groupies,
91–92

guilt about sexual pleasure,
45
,
46
,
74

habituation,
162–64

Hadza,
17
,
188

Haldol,
130

Hale, Lord,
226

Hames, Raymond,
188

Hamilton, Lisa Dawn,
72

Haselton, Martie,
84
,
217

Hatfield, Elaine,
52
,
102