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The evolutionary psychology of patriarchy: Women are not passive pawns in men's game

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

David M. Buss  and
Joshua Duntley
David M. Buss
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712 [email protected]
Joshua Duntley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712 [email protected]
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Abstract

We applaud Campbell's cogent arguments for the evolution of female survival mechanisms but take issue with several key conceptual claims: the treatment of patriarchy; the implicit assumption that women are passive pawns in a male game of media exploitation; and the neglect of the possibility that media images exploit existing evolved psychological mechanisms rather than create them.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 219 - 220
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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