Yes, mostly. Wrote a piece for http://Quillette.com about it in August
Evolutionary biology: Sexual selection theory and parental investment theory explain sex differences in about 5 million species of sexually-reproducing animals.
Gender feminism: But not in humans, because, #reasons.pic.twitter.com/3nBV2nr5VV
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The pleasure centers of our brains are shared with all the experience that triggers reward mechanism. Therefore almost anything can become sexualized. Fantasy is part of the complexity of our brains which evolved as such largely because of communication and cooperation.
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Well, there is a difference between gender and biological sex. Only humans know advanced culture. Therefore, the theory of gender only makes sense for humans.
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Culture definitely does play a role. Big one. But not the only one - that's the point.
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Logical: evolutionary biology Other way of knowing: gender feminism
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Modified: Evolutionary biology: Sexual selection theory and parental investment theory explain sex differences in about 5 million species of sexually-reproducing animals. *Most* Gender feminism: But not *a complete explanation* in humans, because,
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Recommended: "Meme Machine" by Susan Blackmore.
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Of course. Humans have souls. Souls >> biology. There's a book that says something like that.
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I never said anything else...
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