Challenging Popular Myths of Sex, Gender and Biology

This edited volume challenges popular notions of sex, gender and biology and features international, trans-disciplinary research. The book begins with an exploration of supposedly Ớ<U+00dc>naturalỚ" sexual differences, then looks at research in evolutionary biology and examines topics s...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ah-King, Malin. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Crossroads of Knowledge, 1
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505 0 # |a Introduction -- Fundamental differences between females and males? -- Genes and hormones Ớ<U+001c> what make up an individual's sex? -- Sexual conflict and the dilemma of stereotyping the sexes -- Sex, gender and evolution beyond genes -- Beyond coy females and eager males: the evolution of DarwinỚ"s sexual selection -- Human sex differences in height: Evolution due to gender hierarchy? -- How do voices become gendered? A critical examination of everyday and medical constructions of the relationship between voice, sex and gender identity -- Parenthood in Norway: Between politics and science. 
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