Challenging popular myths of sex, gender and biology
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 stereoty...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham [Switzerland] :
Springer
2013.
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| Colección: | Crossroads of knowledge.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009466293806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Fundamental differences between females and males?
- Genes and hormones – what make up an individual's sex?
- Sexual conflict and the dilemma of stereotyping the sexes
- Sex, gender and evolution beyond genes
- Beyond coy females and eager males: the evolution of Darwin’s sexual selection
- Human sex differences in height: Evolution due to gender hierarchy?
- How do voices become gendered? A critical examination of everyday and medical constructions of the relationship between voice, sex and gender identity
- Parenthood in Norway: Between politics and science.
