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Contents

Introduction The Phlogiston Theory of Sexual Relations, or Why This Book Will Change Your Life

1 Sex and the Single Cell: How It All Began

2 It's Not Merely Amusing -- It's Historical

3 Are You Male or Female? (Don't Be So Sure)

4 Men and Women Are Funny. Just Not to Each Other.

5 Pulp Friction

6 Cooking, Washing, and Irony

7 You and I Make Whee

8 Why We Are Screwed: The Inordinate Importance of Sex

9 The Body Impolitic

10 Why Do Fowls Fall in Love? (A Treatise on Desire)

11 Marriage: It Takes Two to Tangle

12 Infidelity: Get Out Your Hanky. And Your Panky.

13 Playing Dumb: Our Secret Pleasures

14 The Joy of Sexism (Part I -- Jokes That Offend Women)

15 The Joy of Sexism (Part II -- Jokes That Castrate Men)

16 A Short Commercial Break

17 Sports, Penises, and Other Extremities

18 Compatibility: Be Careful with That Match

19 Is Your Relationship Going Anywhere?

20 Movies: A Disagreement of Cinematic Proportions

21 Bathroom Humor

22 C'mon, Baby -- What Are You Afraid Of?

23 It's the Money, Honey (Part I -- The Challenge)

24 It's the Money, Honey (Part II -- The Test)

25 Fighting Like Cats and Doggerel

The Final Chapter Until We Meet Again