Sex Differences

by Mealey

• ISBN13: 9780124874602
• ISBN10: 0124874606
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology, psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for academic professionals in these disciplines. The book covers the evolution of sex and sex differences, and sex differences and sexual strategies in non-human and human animals. The final chapter addresses issues of sex and gender in interpersonal relationships, organizations and politics. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables illustrate key concepts; cartoons and photos provide visual breaks and an element of humor. Key Features * Examines sexual differences from a multi-level comparative approach * Contains a thorough coverage of literature through 1998 and into 1999 * Illustrates pages with a generous use of cartoons, photos, figures, and diagrams * Invites bonus learning with special interest boxes interspersed throughout text * Presents a critical analysis * Includes a combination of feminist and evolutionary thinking

Table of Contents

Preface for Student Readers: Why Another Book on Sex Differences?	xi
Part I Theory
Introduction
Opening Comments	3	(1)
An Explanatory Framework for Studying Sex and Gender Differences	4	(2)
A Methodological Framework for Studying Sex and Gender Differences	6	(4)
Closing Comments	10	(1)
Sexual Differentiation
Opening Comments	11	(1)
Sex versus Gender	11	(14)
Abnormal Sexual Development	25	(13)
Closing Comments	38	(2)
Evolution of Sex and Sex Differences
Opening Comments	40	(1)
Natural Selection	40	(4)
Evolution of Sex	44	(9)
Parenting Strategies	53	(4)
Evolutionarily Stable Strategies	57	(4)
Caveats on Adaptationism	61	(7)
Closing Comments	68	(1)
Sex as a Life-History Strategy
Opening Comments	69	(1)
Fundamental Sex Differences	69	(2)
Sexual Selection	71	(6)
Sex-Role Reversals	77	(1)
Facultative Variation	77	(6)
Closing Comments	83	(4)
Part II Nonhuman Systems
Male Strategies and Tactics
Opening Comments	87	(1)
Finding, Attracting, and Evaluating Potential Mates	88	(8)
Manipulating Other Males	96	(6)
Alternative Tactics	102	(4)
Paternal Investment	106	(3)
Manipulating Mates	109	(6)
Closing Comments	115	(3)
Female Strategies and Tactics
Opening Comments	118	(1)
Attracting and Evaluating Potential Mates	118	(10)
Manipulating Mates	128	(2)
Thwarting Unwanted Mates	130	(2)
Manipulating Other Females	132	(6)
Maternal Investment	138	(4)
Closing Comments	142	(2)
Mating Systems
Opening Comments	144	(1)
Polygynous Mating Systems	144	(12)
Monogamous Mating Systems	156	(6)
Polyandrous, Cooperative, and Polygynandrous Mating Systems	162	(1)
Facultative Strategies	163	(4)
Other Systems	167	(5)
Closing Comments	172	(4)
Part III Human Systems
The Human Animal
Opening Comments	176	(1)
Our Primate Inheritance	176	(6)
Genetics	182	(7)
Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology	189	(7)
Research Methods	196	(7)
Difficulties in Human Research	203	(8)
Closing Comments	211	(2)
Women's Strategies and Tactics
Opening Comments	213	(1)
Our Primate Heritage	214	(2)
Attracting and Evaluating Potential Mates	216	(20)
Manipulating Mates	236	(5)
Thwarting Unwanted Mates	241	(4)
Manipulating Other Females	245	(5)
Maternal Investment	250	(10)
Closing Comments	260	(2)
Men's Strategies and Tactics
Opening Comments	262	(1)
Our Primate Heritage	262	(3)
Attracting and Evaluating Potential Mates	265	(13)
Manipulating Other Males	278	(5)
Alternative Tactics	283	(10)
Paternal Investment	293	(3)
Manipulating Mates	296	(8)
Closing Comments	304	(1)
Courtship, Mating, Marriage, and Parenting
Opening Comments	305	(1)
Polygyny	306	(11)
Monogamy	317	(6)
Polyandry and Polygynandry	323	(2)
Facultative Strategies	325	(7)
Closing Comments	332	(2)
Sexual Politics
Opening Comments	334	(1)
Interpersonal Relationships	334	(3)
Marriage and Family	337	(7)
Workplace Issues	344	(12)
Clinical Issues	356	(9)
Religion and the State	365	(5)
Politics	370	(6)
Closing Comments	376	(3)
References	379	(84)
Glossary	463	(12)
Index	475