A review by simplyb
Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe about Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free by Wednesday Martin

4.0

I can't remember now why I picked this book up, but I think I read either a review of the book or an article by the author and thought this seemed interesting. Admittedly, I'm not a big believer in most social taboos and am willing to be pretty lenient when it comes to what a consenting adult with full capacity decides they do or don't want to do, so I wouldn't say I was shocked or awed by anything in here. But I have done some reading on alternative lifestyles within the sex and drug lifestyles, and seeing this from a purely female perspective was a refreshing take and I did come away having a healthier appreciation of how much more women are subject to social pressures and norms for what seems to be universally human behavior. Very well-written and researched with just the right amount of real-life story and anecdote sprinkled in for context and to prevent it from being purely pedantic, it's worth the read if you need to take a step out of your comfort zone and see the richness in human decision-making diversity.