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Re: Feminist critique of sociobiology...critiqued
Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu)
9 Sep 1996 13:51:59 -0600
In article <511l8u$5i6o@sat.ipp-garching.mpg.de>,
Bruce Scott TOK <bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote:
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>But... maybe it is sloppy science, but an enemy of feminism?
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>If you could point me to a serious critique of any of Sarah Hrdy's work,
>I should be grateful.
It would be ironic indeed if sociobiology were unavoidably
anti-gender-equity, since IMO its most articulate defender is Helena
Cronin, at Cambridge.
See her _Ant and Peacock_ for a review of the sociobiological theories of
altruism and the emergence of secondary sexual characteristics.
Bryant
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