Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective

The Prehistory of Gender (1x15)

Ausstrahlung: Jan 01, 2000

The prehistoric landscape of behavioral gender differences is a veritable minefield, where an anthropologist's inferences may always fall prey to ideology. From the 1960s until today, we have seen models that promote the male as the protector and provider, making no allowances for behavioral flexibility. Alternatives that posit the primacy of female-centered networks in place of the nuclear family are no less constraining.