SOME EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF HUMAN GENDER
Biological sex is differentiated from societally assigned human gender. The variety of reproductive behavior patterns in contemporary animal species is noted, as are the problems posed by technologically-based changes in human work patterns and reproduction. Concepts from evolutionary biology cannot...
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Veröffentlicht in: | American journal of orthopsychiatry 1971-10, Vol.41 (5), p.710-715 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Biological sex is differentiated from societally assigned human gender. The variety of reproductive behavior patterns in contemporary animal species is noted, as are the problems posed by technologically-based changes in human work patterns and reproduction. Concepts from evolutionary biology cannot justify either retaining human societal gender traditions or changing them. |
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ISSN: | 0002-9432 1939-0025 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1971.tb00734.x |