This edited volume challenges popular notions of sex, gender and biology and features international, trans-disciplinary research. The book begins with an exploration of supposedly 'natural' sexual differences, then looks at research in evolutionary biology and examines topics such as gender stereotypes in humans.
The first chapters explore important questions: What are the fundamental sex differences? How do genes and hormones influence an individual's sex? Subsequent chapters concern topics including: sex stereotypes in the field of sexual conflict, how the focus on genes in...
This edited volume challenges popular notions of sex, gender and biology and features international, trans-disciplinary research. The book begins w...
This book examines the study of sexual differences from Darwin to modern evolutionary biology, including biological versus social constructive perspectives on the gendering of voices and nature-culture arguments in current debate on paternity leave in Norway.
This book examines the study of sexual differences from Darwin to modern evolutionary biology, including biological versus social constructive perspec...
This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy, reserved and sexually passive, to having active sexual strategies and often mating with multiple males. Why did it take so long to discover female active sexual strategies? What prevented some researchers from engaging in sexually active females, and what prompted others to develop this new knowledge?The Female Turnprovides a global overview of shifting perceptions about females in sexual selection research on a wide range of animals, from invertebrates to primates. Evolutionary...
This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy, reserved and sexually passive, to ha...
