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Index
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION Human Nature “R” Us
The Forgotten Half of the Equation
Two Errors in Thinking That We Must Avoid
A Note about Stereotypes
How to Use This Book
CHAPTER 1 What Is Evolutionary Psychology?
A Typical View from the Social Sciences
The Evolutionary Psychological Perspective
The Savanna Principle: Why Our Brains Are Stuck in the Stone Age
CHAPTER 2 Why Are Men and Women So Different?
What about Culture? Is Anything Cultural?
On to the Puzzles and Questions
CHAPTER 3 Barbie—Manufactured by Mattel, Designed by Evolution: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sex and Mating
Why Do Men Like Blonde Bombshells (and Why Do Women Want to Look Like Them)?
Why Is Beauty Not in the Eye of the Beholder or Skin-Deep?
Why Is Prostitution the World’s Oldest Profession, and Why Is Pornography a Billion-Dollar Industry?
Why Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but Not Lauren Bacall and Brad Pitt?
He Said, She Said: Why Do Men and Women Perceive the Same Situation Differently?
CHAPTER 4 Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage? The Evolutionary Psychology of Marriage
Why Are There Virtually No Polyandrous Societies?
Why (and How) Are Contemporary Westerners Polygynous?
Why Does Having Sons Reduce the Likelihood of Divorce?
Why Are Diamonds a Girl’s Best Friend?
Why Might Hand some Men Make Bad Husbands?
CHAPTER 5 Some Things Are More Important Than Money: The Evolutionary Psychology of the Family
Boy or Girl? What Influences the Sex of Your Child?
Why Does the Baby Have Daddy’s Eyes but Not Mommy’s?
Why Are There So Many Deadbeat Dads but So Few Deadbeat Moms?
Why Is Family More Important to Women Than to Men?
Why Do Girls of Divorced Parents Experience Puberty Earlier Than Girls Whose Parents Remain Married?
CHAPTER 6 Guys Gone Wild: The Evolutionary Psychology of Crime and Violence
Why Are Almost All Violent Criminals Men?
What Do Bill Gates and Paul McCartney Have in Common with Criminals?
Why Does Marriage “Settle” Men Down?
Why Do Some Men Beat Up Their Wives and Girlfriends?
CHAPTER 7 Life’s Not Fair, or Politically Correct: The Evolutionary Psychology of Political and Economic Inequalities
Why Do Politicians Risk Everything by Having an Affair (but Only If They Are Male)?
Why Do Men So Often Earn More Money and Attain Higher Status Than Women?
Why Are Most Neurosurgeons Male and Most Kindergarten Teachers Female?
Why Is Sexual Harassment So Per sis tent?
CHAPTER 8 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion and Conflict
Where Does Religion Come From?
Why Are Women More Religious Than Men?
Why Are Most Suicide Bombers Muslim?
Why Is Ethnic and Nationalist Conflict So Persistent throughout the World?
Why Are Single Women More Likely to Travel Abroad—and Why Are Young Single Men More Likely to Be Xenophobic?
CONCLUSION Stump the Evolutionary Psychologists: A Few Tougher Questions
Notes
References
Index
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