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24 alternatives to Mating in Captivity

Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mating in Captivity launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Designer Relationships▲64

   A Guide to Monogamy, Polyamory, and Open Relationships

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Make Love Not Porn▲136

   Porn-influenced views on sex & intimacy

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Spent▲62

   Sex, evolution, and consumer behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62

   Digital Transparence and Expository Society

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   What Women Want▲67

   The science of female shopping

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Mating▲62

   A utopian society in the Kalahari with only one man

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Naked & Inside Out: The Gender Book▲55

   ,Mel Reiff Hill, Jay Mars and Robin Mack

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Invisible Influence▲66

   The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Modern Romance▲92

    The pleasures and perils of modern relationships

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Rekindling Desire▲80

    Esther Perel's workshop/community on relationships and sex

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Invisible Influence▲69

    The hidden forces that shape behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Girls & Sex▲69

    Navigating the complicated new landscape

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Big Disconnect▲62

    Protecting Childhood and Relationships in the Digital Age

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Finite And Infinite Games▲69

    Practically a unified-field theory of human relationships

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Door▲70

    The relationship between two very different women

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Herd▲66

    How to change mass behaviour by harnessing our true nature

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle ▲61

    How new traits originate

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →