Sperm Wars

Sperm Wars was a revolutionary book that turned centuries-old biological assumptions about sex on their head, a decade ago. Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input available from potential sexual partners through flings and affairs. In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their fathers; less than one percent of a man sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men sperm); smart vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner. It's no wonder that Sperm Wars is a classic of popular science writing that will surprise, entertain, and even shock anyone who reads it.