Never been to one of our events? Click these links!    Christopher Ryan
Author of
"Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality"
sexatdawn.com
Wednesday, November 9th SupperClub, 657 Harrison Street Doors open at 7pm Talk & panel start at 8pm Dance party at 10pm to 2am Second base is: above the waist, topless-ness encouraged Pasties required for topless women Adam and Eve Dress Theme Encouraged PS. Events like this have sold out in all other cities visited by Christopher Ryan, so get your tickets now! $25 Presale / $35 at the Door After 10pm $10 Cash at the Door Panel with Carol Queen, co-founder Center For Sex And Culture www.sexandculture.org Reid Mihalko, sex and relationship expert www.reidaboutsex.com Marcia Baczynski, relationship coach, sex educator www.askingforwhatyouwant.com/ Polly Pandemonium, founder of Kinky Salon www.kinkysalon.com Sara Kiss, hostess Club Kiss www.clubkiss.us Wendy O Matik, author of Redefining Our Relationships www.wendyomatik.com Philippe Lewis, co-founder Club Exotica Jocelyn Agloro, co-founder Club Exotica Performances by Knowa Knowone (Street Ritual, Muti Music, SF, CA) streetritual.com knowaknowone.com Dj Jocelyn soundcloud.com/dj-jocelyn-1 El Papa Chango Aerial Act by Fuego y Rosa El Circo Beefing Up The Sound For Your Eargasmic Pleasure Independent scholar Ryan presents only the data. He does not suggest how to change your life to live in accordance with his reading of human nature. The panelists will pick up where Ryan’s work ends to discuss how people are working to develop new relationship models that are both in line with our nature and work within our modern social context. There will be extensive Q&A and a forum to continue the dialog with panelists late into the evening. This is a unique opportunity to hear Ryan and others address complex, intimate relationship issues in an informal yet elegant setting and meet others working to manage similar challenges and enjoy open intimate partnerships. The discussion will be followed by live performances and one of San Francisco’s sexiest “second base” dance parties, produced by Club Exotica. Panelists include:
About Sex At Dawn:
A New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. One of NPR’s Favorite Books of 2010. Winner of the 2011 SSTAR Consumer Book Award (Society for Sex Therapy & Research). A Best Book of 2010 (Audible.com). “The single most important book about human sexuality since Alfred Kinsey unleashed Sexual Behavior in the Human Male on the American public in 1948.” — Dan Savage "Funny, witty, and light . . . the book is a scandal in the best sense, one that will have you reading the best parts aloud and reassessing your ideas about humanity's basic urges well after the book is done." — Newsweek On an almost daily basis we are inundated with stories about the collapse of the latest celebrity marriage—and infidelity is almost always the cause of the break up. Is it even possible for two people to stay together happily over an extended period of time? Since Darwin’s day, we’ve been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. But it doesn’t, and never has. Mainstream science—as well as religious and cultural institutions—has long maintained that men and women evolved in nuclear families where a man’s possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman’s fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer and fewer couples are getting married and divorce rates keep climbing while adultery and flagging libido drag down even seemingly solid marriages. In SEX AT DAWN, renegade researchers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá debunk almost everything we “think we know” about sex. Ryan and Jethá show how our promiscuous past haunts our current struggles regarding monogamy, sexual orientation, and family dynamics. Some of the themes they explore include: • why long-term fidelity can be so difficult for so many; • why sexual passion tends to fade even as love deepens; • why many middle-aged men risk everything for an affair; • why homosexuality persists in the face of standard evolutionary logic; and • what the human body reveals about the prehistoric origins of modern sexuality Ryan and Jethá show that our ancestors lived in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent, often overlooked evidence from anthropology, archeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality, the authors show how far from human nature sexual monogamy really is. They expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity. In the tradition of the best historical and scientific writing, SEX AT DAWN unapologetically upends unwarranted assumptions and unfounded conclusions while offering a revolutionary understanding of why we live and love as we do. A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you know about sex, marriage, family, and society. |
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