female sexual motivation

Chapter 38 Thanks
Cindy M. Meston

My parents didn't expect much from me. My mother wanted me to marry the manager of the Xihuhui supermarket chain so that she could get a discount on meat.My father wanted me to marry someone who could fix my car's carburetor.People in their day valued hard work, self-giving, but not education.I am forever grateful to the late Melodyn Porter and my lifelong cheerleader, Claudia McNeil, for giving me the confidence to forge ahead boldly in life.I became good friends with Shirley Rempel in the second grade of elementary school. The teacher at that time was Miss Fang Ke. Thank you for always being by my side, giving me advice and supporting me. (Also, I've always been sorry for my misdemeanor as a kid - I dressed you up as a Christmas tree and plugged you in at my parents' dinner party.)
I have been greatly influenced academically by many people.Thanks to my graduate advisor, Boris Golezalka, for your superb teaching skills that led me from the world of the sewing machine to the field of psychology.I would like to thank my postdoctoral supervisor, Julia Heyman, for your constant guidance and support, Owen Goldstein for his enthusiastic support of my research, Sandra Reblum, Ray Rosen, Lowe Len Danastine gave me a lot of advice.I am very grateful for the support that the Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin has given me over the past 11 years.My special thanks go to Randy Dill, Chair of the Department of Letters, Jamie Pennebaker, Chair of the Department of Psychology, and Karin Carlson, Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences: I would not be where I am today without your continued support and guidance.I thank all my graduate students: Penny Frohlich, Alessandra Rellini, Katie McCall, Anne Bradford, Brooke Hill, Lisa Dawn Hamilton, Christopher Hart, Tierney Arnold, Jahiska Pujols, Kyle Stephenson, Corey Ann Pallotta, thank you for experimenting over the past 10 years The energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and wisdom that come from the office.

Special thanks to Times Books and Henry Holt Publishing for making women's inner voices heard, and to our editor, Robin Dennis, whose unique vision and wand-like pen are invaluable to us.

Friendships are the most important part of my life and I need to thank all my good friends.Special thanks to my friends who helped me write this book: Sam Gosling, Jane Spencer, Dale Severin, Lauryn Midge, Lisa Timar, Linda Edworthy, Lucy Ya O'Sullivan.Thank you so much to the super writer Mary Roach for your encouragement and for always making me laugh out loud.Special thanks to my collaborator David Bass, whose collaboration and friendship and fundamental research have made this book especially valuable.Special thanks to my cats Rudy and Mimi, and my Maltip dog Charlie for keeping me warm, sleeping soundly and carefree.Finally, I would like to thank Tom, without whom I would not have been able to complete this book.Thank you - you are my safe haven.

David M. Bass
In over 20 years of researching the psychology of women's complexity, I've been helped by many brilliant women scientists: April Blask-Lechek, Lisa Chiodo, Jamie Confer, Lisa Dan Leighton, Judith Easton, Marianna Fisher, Diana Santos Fleischman, Kerry Goetz, Mary Gomez, Arlette Greer, Heidi Gray Lin, Marico Hasegawa, Dolly Higgins, Sarah Hill, Sabine Hoyle, Karen Lauterbach, Margaret Lavalet, Katrin Moes Figure, Karin Perryu, Elizabeth Piersworth, Jennifer Semal Ross, Emily Stone, Viviana Weeks-Shackelford, Margaret Waller special.In fact, working with so many women has taught me my limitations as a man, and I couldn't do without their help in exploring the science of female psychology of sexuality.

I would also like to thank my male colleagues who, like me, were limited by the Y chromosome in their bodies, but who made excellent contributions to this book: Alois Angleitner, Mike Barnes , Kevin Bennett, Mike Portvin, Bram Bunker, Twiggy, Sean Conlan, Ken Crake, Todd DeKay, Josh Duntley, Bruce Ellis, Harold Oller, Steven Gunjstead, Aaron Goetz, Quan Zhi Wang, Peter Jonathan, Doug Kenrick, Lee Kirkpatrick, Ba Ray Cooler, Randy Larson, Greg LeBlanc, David Lewis, Norm Lee, Neil Malam, Will McKibbon, Richard Michalski , Victor Obaid, Jay Peters, Kern Reeves, David Schmidt, Todd Shackelford, Bill Tork, Paul Vatch, Martin Wallace G, Drew Winston.

Discussions with friends and colleagues and their writings have helped me a lot in deepening my understanding of female sexuality, and I thank: Richard Alexander, Rosalind Arden, Robin Baker, Jerry Barkov, Laura Betzig, Nancy Perry, Anne Campbell, Liz Cashdan, Lida Cosmides, Helena Cronin, Martin Daly, Laura Dean, Richard Dawkins, Mike Domyan, Christina Duran, Bruce Ellis, AJ Figueiredo, Helen Fisher, Mark Flynn, Robin Fox, Robert Frank, David Frederick, Shirley Glass, Karl Grammer, Bill Hamilton, Hyde Erlander, Doug Jones, Zig Ka Luzny, Bobby Lowe, Janet Mann, Linda Milley, Jeffrey Miller, Paul Mullen, Paul Ness, Jeffrey Parker, John Barton, Steve Pinker, David Larkinson, Katherine Salmon, Dave Singer, Bob Smalls, Beverly Spisher, Don Simmons, Dale Thyssen, Ann Dee Thompson, Nancy Thornhill, Lionel Tiger, Robert Trivers, Paul Tucker, Bill von Hipple, Gregory Wright, George Williams Wilson, DS Wilson, E. Wilson, Margo Wilson, Richard Wrangham.

I am especially grateful to Don Simmons for your enormous help with your great book on human sexuality and for the many insightful insights you have given me over the years in discussing scholarly issues with me.I thank Katinka Matteson, Brockman's agent, for discovering the potential value of this book.Every author should be honored to have worked with the incomparable editor Robin Dennis, who has worked tirelessly and tirelessly to ensure the quality of this book.I am especially grateful to my collaborator and good friend Cindy Meston, without whom this book would not be possible.Finally, I would like to thank my family for enduring my long days at work and for your love, encouragement, and support throughout the writing process, and especially to Cindy R. and my daughter Tara.

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