The Caveman Mystique : Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science.

Has evolution made men promiscuous skirt chasers? Pop-Darwinian claims about men's irrepressible heterosexuality have become increasingly common, and increasingly common excuses for men's sexual aggression. The Caveman Mystique traces such claims about the hairier sex through evolutionary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCaughey, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Sex role.
Men > Psychology.
Masculinity.
Sex.
Homosexuality.
Violence.
Evolution (Biology)
Sexual Behavior
Homosexuality
Violence
Rôle selon le sexe.
Hommes > Psychologie.
Masculinité.
Sexualité.
Homosexualité.
sex role.
sexuality.
homosexuality.
violence.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Gender Studies & Sexuality.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Has evolution made men promiscuous skirt chasers? Pop-Darwinian claims about men's irrepressible heterosexuality have become increasingly common, and increasingly common excuses for men's sexual aggression. The Caveman Mystique traces such claims about the hairier sex through evolutionary science and popular culture. After outlining the social and historical context of the rise of pop-Darwinism's assertions about male sexuality and their appeal to many men, Martha McCaughey shows how evolutionary discourse can get lived out as the biological truth of male sexuality. Although evolutionary scien.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (177 pages)
ISBN:9781135952099
1135952094
1283607549
9781283607544
9786613919991
6613919993
0203939085
9780203939086

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