Evolution, Gеndеr, аnd Rаpе
Publisher: Thе MIT Prеss
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2003-01-17
List price: $62.00
Are women and men biologically destined to be in perpetual conflict? Does evolutionary genetics adequately explain sexual aggression? Such questions have been much debated in both the media and academia. In particular, the notion that rape is an evolutionary adaptation, put forth by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer in their book A Natural History of Rape (MIT Press, 2000), vaulted the debate into national prominence. This book assesses Thornhill and Palmer’s ideas, as well as the critical responses to their work. Drawing on theory and data from anthropology, behavioral ecology, evolut...