The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body Paperback – Illustrated, February 20, 2007

This book written by a zoologist focuses on how women attempt to increase the contrast with males to make themselves more feminine. This book was published 16 years ago and would not have sold well today because the trend today is to stress a woman’s work skills, and deemphasize her physical attractiveness. The mantra is there are no differences between men and women aside from minor plumbing differences. At my college, the goal was to get more women in the trades such as welding and more men in childcare programs. We were awarded millions of dollars of grants to achieve this goal and were not very successful. One interesting part of the book was chapter 19 (p.192-202) on pubic hair and its functions. They include a visual signal of readiness to reproduce, as a scent-trap to store and release sexual pheromones, to act as a buffer between the skin surfaces of adult males and females, to name four and there are more in this detailed chapter. He also covers the why of its shaving.

The language is lucid and ideas clear. Surprises the reader that these very things one has been experiencing all through life but could not visualize them so lucidly. To some extent reduces the joy and pleasure of experiencing the other sex first hand! The author brings out valid reasons from physiological to psychological - for the women. A great work indeed, hat off to the scientific observational skills of the author.

This book has a lot of interesting information about the nature of women.Any man who is interested in keeping his female partner sexually satisfied will be able to benefit from reading this.

This is a fascinating read. Possibly not in the same league as The Naked Ape or Human Zoo but then what book could eclipse those great works.Anyone who wants to understand how our species works must not miss this book.The objective discussion of the differences in the sexes is great in helping to understand why each behaves as it does.

every thing that desmond moriss writes is true a classic for all to read . this one is on ladies body and mind. most do not know of his books and that is sad .i plan to get all of his books . mj

Not a touch on the naked man. Though covers the female anatomy in detail.Could just have been a part of the original.

One of my favorite books. If you are interested in humans and the social sciences, this book is for you. It shows just how strange Homo sapiens are, and I love it.

This is the third book I have read by Desmond Morris. Once again he wows with a fascinating perspective that takes you on a journey through the deepest parts of your animal brain.