The sui generis quality of Untrue is the authors forte. Step by step, she shows that shes thought deeply about her subject, and that all of these seemingly disparate intellectual threads are related and worthy of having been braided together. With each chapter, Martin builds a case for the primacy of female infidelity and for a societal reckoning with that truth. Review Quotes eminently readable treatise on the lies society has been fed about female sexuality, agency, and infidelity. 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 Martins 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. 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.
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. In ancient Greek tragedies, Netflix series, tabloids and pop songs, weve long portrayed such cheating women as dangerous and damaged. What do straight, married female revelers at an all-womens 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. Book Synopsis From the #1 New York Times bestselling 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. About the Book From the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue comes a bold, timely reconsideration of female infidelity that will upend everything readers thought they knew about women and sex.
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