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Author Goldberg, Steven, 1941-

Title Why men rule : a theory of male dominance / Steven Goldberg
Published Chicago : Open Court, [1993]
©1993
©1993

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Description xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Contents A question and some ground rules -- Anthropology and the limits of social variation -- Differentiation of dominance tendency -- Physiological differentiation -- Social conformation to psychophysiological reality -- The inadequacy of a non-physiological explanation -- Confusion and fallacy in the environmentalist analysis -- Common objections to the theory of male dominance -- Possible sexual differentiation in cognitive aptitudes -- High genius in the arts and sciences -- Male and female
Summary The first edition of this book was lavishly praised by many authorities as the most formidable demonstration of an unpopular truth: males rule in all societies known to history or anthropology, for reasons arising from innate physiology, a brute fact that can never be conjured away by tinkering with social institutions. This new edition has been completely rewritten in the light of two decades of scholarship and debate, taking account of all published criticisms of earlier editions
Analysis Men Psychology
Sex role
Notes Rev. ed. of: The inevitability of patriarchy. 1977
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Dominance (Psychology)
Families -- History.
Matriarchy.
Men -- Psychology.
Patriarchy.
Sex role.
Author Goldberg, Steven, 1941- Inevitability of patriarchy
LC no. 93023346
ISBN 0812692365 (cloth)
0812692373 (paper)