ISBN:
1135952094
,
9781135952099
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (177 p)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.7
Schlagwort(e):
Violence
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Evolution (Biology)
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Homosexuality
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Masculinity
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Sex
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Men Psychology
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Sex role
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PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
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SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
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Evolution (Biology)
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Homosexuality
;
Masculinity
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Men ; Psychology
;
Sex
;
Sex role
;
Violence
;
Gender & Ethnic Studies
;
Social Sciences
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Gender Studies & Sexuality
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
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
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