ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cultural-Historical Psychology, Gender Binary, The Misunderstanding
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Ant211 | lecture 5 human sexuality and gender theory. Review of sociobiological theory on sex/gender differences. Campbell"s biophobia : rebuttal of sociocultural theory (feminism and cultural anthropology). Addressing campbell"s criticisms the misunderstanding of social constructionism" Application of sociocultural theory: dismantling the biology of homosexuality (mccaughey and. Review of sociobiological theory on sex and gender differences. The sex binary biological sex : women and men have unique sexual psychologies as a result of sexually selective pressures applied during our evolutionary history that were adaptive (even in our early evolutionary historic). Claimed by both sociobiologists and some evolutionary psychologists. Goal: getting our genes into the next generation/the continuation of the species. Sex as biological attribute is coded for in our chromosomes, hormones, and unique phenotypic presentations (anatomy/physiology). i. e. , male/female, xx/xy, testes/ovaries, estrogen/androgens, penis/vulva, etc. Example: men are more aggressive and women less so because aggressiveness accorded men an evolutionary advantage. Aggressive men were at some point in our evolution selected for.
