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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; "WELCOME BACK TO THE CAVEMAN TIMES": AN INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 SPERM WARS, SEX WARS, AND SCIENCE WARS; Downsized Cavemen Going Apeshit; Moral Disdain for Men; Sperm Wars; Sex Wars; Science Wars; CHAPTER 2 HOMO RESURRECTUS: THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION AS A MORAL ANSWER FOR MEN; Darwin's Theory and the Crisis in Morals; Darwinism as the Second Coming; Darwin's Soldiers: A Salvation Army; The Scientific Truth that Will Set Us Free; Moral Answers for the Moral Animal; Science and Certainty; The Caveman as Resurrection
  • CHAPTER 3 HOMO HABITUS: EVOLUTION, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE EMBODIED ETHOS OF MALE SEXUALITYThe Caveman in Popular Culture; Caveman Therapy; Caveman Desires; Caveman Edutainment; Moral Lessons for Cavemen; The Caveman as Embodied Ethos; CHAPTER 4 HOMO SEXUAL: PERVERTING EVOLUTIONARY STORIES OF MALE SEXUALITY; How to Pervert Evolutionary Theory; Evolution and Evolutionary Theory Are Already Perverted; Heterosexual Masculinity as the Origin of the Origins of Heterosexual Masculinity; Homosexuality as Heterosexuality ... as Homosexuality; Setting the Evolutionary Record Queer
  • Do Gay Brains Make Better Politics?Learning to Live with Perversion; CHAPTER 5 HOMO TEXTUAL: A MISSING LINK BETWEEN SCIENCE AND CULTURE; Popularity and Reality; Evolutionary Theory and Scientific Certainty; Evolutionary Insights for a Change; Beyond the Grand Narrative of Science; Beyond the Science Wars; A Great Leap Forward; NOTES; INDEX

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