性趣探秘
Why Is Sex Fun?
Jared Diamond · 初版 1997 年
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在人类看来，许多动物的性生活显得十分怪异。事实上，与其他动物相比，性生活怪异的反而是我们自己。何以至此？我们是唯一坚持在私密环境下进行性行为的社会性物种。更为离奇的是，我们随时随地都在进行性行为，即便雌性根本无法受孕时也是如此（例如已经怀孕、绝经后或处于受孕周期之间）。人类女性并不知晓自己确切的受孕时间，更不会像其他雌性哺乳动物那样，通过显著的体色变化、气味和叫声向雄性宣告这一时机。为何……
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嗯，我推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德（Jared Diamond）的《为什么性是好玩的》（Why is sex fun）。里面的理论我记不太全了，但核心观点是男女之间存在/曾存在一场生物学军备竞赛。比如，女性之所以必须体内受精……
Well, I would recommend the book "Why is sex fun" by Jared Diamond. I don't know all the theories anymore, but the gist is that there is/was a biological arms race between men and women. For example, the reason that women have to be inseminated inside…
……在女性杂志上也读到过。就算你拿出证据，去探究事物为何会变成现在这样依然很有意思。至少我是这么认为的。你读过贾雷德·戴蒙德的《为什么性是好玩的》或者《第三种黑猩猩》（The Third Chimpanzee）吗？我并不觉得他关于两性竞争的论述是胡编乱造的巧合故事（just-so stories），尽管在某些情况下存在好几种不同的理论。我会……
…read in women's magazines as well. Even if you provide evidence, it would still be interesting to discover a reason for the things being like they are. At least I think so. Have you read Jared Diamond "Why is sex fun" or "The Third Chimpanzee"? I didn't have the impression that what he said about the competitions of the sexes were just-so stories, although in some cases there were several different theories. I would…
这就是两性分工/差异的问题：男人和女人的做事方式截然不同。从演化的角度来看，这是一场极其有趣且复杂的博弈。想要快速入门，我推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德的《为什么性是好玩的？》（Why is sex fun?）。任何简短的回答都会在某些方面失之偏颇，所以我只想再说一次：性别是有差异的。别犯这种错误，觉得这在……中不那么重要。
It's the sex separation thing: men and women do stuff differently. Evolutionary speaking it's a very interesting and complicated game. I recommend "Why is sex fun?" by Jared Diamond for a crash course. Any short answer I'd give would be wrong in some way, so I'll just say once again: sexes are different. Don't make the mistake to think this is less important in…
这正好是个推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德的《为什么性是好玩的？》（Why is sex fun?）一书的好机会。http://www.amazon.com/Why-Sex-Fun-Evolution-Sexuality/dp/046...（或者看起来《第三种黑猩猩》也行，有些书评人说《第三种黑猩猩》涵盖的内容比这本书更广）。
This seems like a good opportunity to recommend the book "Why is sex fun?" by Jared Diamond.http://www.amazon.com/Why-Sex-Fun-Evolution-Sexuality/dp/046... (Or apparently "The Third Chimpanzee", some reviewers claim that is a superset of the book).
大家在这里已经总结得很好了。我再补充几本：(a) 《为什么性是好玩的》（Why is Sex Fun，http://www.amazon.com/Why-Sex-Fun-Evolution-Sexuality/dp/046...）：讲述人类性行为的演化史；(b) 《先知》（The Prophet）：http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html；(c) 萨根的《魔鬼出没的世界》（Demon Haunted World）http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dar...……
People nicely covered it here. A few other additions: (a) Why is Sex Fun (http://www.amazon.com/Why-Sex-Fun-Evolution-Sexuality/dp/046...): covers the history of human sexuality (b) The Prophet: http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html (c) Demon Haunted World by Sagan http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dar...…
那你真该读读贾雷德·戴蒙德的《第三种黑猩猩》或者《为什么性是好玩的》，看看关于性别差异的真正研究。在这种语境下，我们搞不懂激素具体怎么影响人体根本无伤大雅。还有其他力量在起作用，激素不过是引发改变的机制而已……
Well read Jared Diamonds "The Third Chimpanzee" or "Why Is Sex Fun" for some actual research on gender differences. That we don't know how Hormones affect us is pretty irrelevant in that context. There are other forces at play, hormones are just mechanisms for changing…