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Challenging Popular Myths of Sex, Gender and Biology: Crossroads of Knowledge

Editat de Malin Ah-King
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 dec 2013
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 evolutionary biology disregards other means of inheritance, and the development of Darwin's theory of sex differences.
The last three chapters look at humans, discussing: an interdisciplinary approach to the evolution of sex differences in body height, biological versus social constructive perspectives on the gendering of voices and nature-culture arguments in the current political debate on paternity leave in Norway.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319019789
ISBN-10: 3319019783
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: VIII, 104 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:2013
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Crossroads of Knowledge

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

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Research

Cuprins

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.


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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 evolutionary biology disregards other means of inheritance, and the development of Darwin's theory of sex differences. 
The last three chapters look at humans, discussing: an interdisciplinary approach to the evolution of sex differences in body height, biological versus social constructive perspectives on the gendering of voices and nature-culture arguments in the current political debate on paternity leave in Norway.

Caracteristici

Deepens the readers’ understanding of biology, sex and gender by going beyond popular conceptions Offers a critique of conventional understandings of sex and gender Demonstrates that current research findings suggest alternative ways of conceiving of sex, gender and biology Opens up a space for variable and non-static views of sex and gender?