Title The Caveman Mystique : Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science.

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Summary	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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Subject	Sex role.
	Sex role.
	Men -- Psychology.
	Men -- Psychology.
	Masculinity.
	Masculinity.
	Sex.
	Sex.
	Homosexuality.
	Homosexuality.
	Violence.
	Violence.
	Evolution (Biology)
	Evolution (Biology)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Gender roles.
	Men.
	Homosexuality.
Other Form:	Print version: 9780415934749
ISBN	9781135952099 (electronic book)
	1135952094 (electronic book)