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A Mind Of Her Own - The evolutionary psychology of women (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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A Mind Of Her Own - The evolutionary psychology of women (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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When Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy
in their choice of male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were
shocked that he accorded so much importance to women. But this
early view of the female role was far from revolutionary: They were
simply allowed to be passive 'quality controllers' of male genes.
Recent years have shown that the inert 'coy female' is a myth. For
a male, a high sex drive and a taste for variety may improve his
fitness. But for a female, successful reproduction goes far beyond
copulation. She bears the brunt of parental investment with each
child represents years of commitment from pregnancy and
breast-feeding to provisioning and guarding. For her genetic
lineage to survive, she must do this better than her rivals. Each
of us comes from a line of winning mothers. Women are, after all,
the first and default sex. It is women who bear children. A child
born with a single X chromosome can survive, but not one with a
single Y. In a population crash, a female-biased population will
survive far better than a male-heavy one. In this book, Anne
Campbell redresses the balance of evolutionary theory in favour of
women. She examines how selection pressures have shaped the female
mind over thousands of generations: Their emotions, friendship,
competition, aggression and mate choice. She brings together data
from neuroscience, endocrinology, anthropology, primatology as well
as psychology to address fundamental questions about sex
differences.... Why are women less aggressive than men? Were women
designed for monogamy or promiscuity? What do women compete for?
Why is conflict between males and females inevitable? What makes
each woman unique? Have contraception and IVF subverted the process
of natural selection?
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