Men are more promiscuous than women because it makes evolutionary sense for
them to sow their wild oats as widely as possible. But women also shop around
sexually, hunting for the best paternal genes. Jealousy is the glue that holds
the sexes together, claims evolutionary psychologist David Buss in The
Dangerous Passion. Published by Free Press, $25, ISBN
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