Readings:
William Irons, "Natural Selection, Adaptation, and Human Social Behavior," in Napoleon A. Chagnon and William Irons, eds., Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1971.
William Tullio Divale and Marvin Harris, "Population, Warfare, and the Male Supremacist Complex."
Assignment:
Just riff on the question of whether evolutionary theory predicts that there will be gender differences or not, and what sort of differences it predicts. This will be hard for you, but do not begin with an ideological position: begin with evolutionary theory. Post the riff.
In class:
First hour: Lecture on the various possible positions on gender, taken from a paper I wrote a long time ago, but which I see no reason to repudiate at this point.
Second hour: Attack what I have written/lectured on.