Biology, the popular weapon: Sex differences in cognitive function

Lesley J Rogers

doi:10.4324/9781003539971-5

Biology, the popular weapon: Sex differences in cognitive function

Lesley J Rogers

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From the 1970s on there has been renewed interest in biological determinist theories for explaining human behaviour and the structure of human societies. These theories have been applied to race, class and sex in that natural selection is postulated to have selected for genetic differences between blacks and whites, men and women and different social classes (Rose and Rose, 1976; Lewontin et al., 1984).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crossing Boundaries: Feminisms and the Critique of Knowledges
Editors	Barbara Caine, E A Grosz, Marie de Lepervanche
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
Publisher	Allen & Unwin Australia
Pages	43-51
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780043050040, 9781003539971, 9781032888514, 9781032888521
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003539971-5
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 1988

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Crossing Boundaries: Feminisms and the Critique of Knowledges. ed. / Barbara Caine; E A Grosz; Marie de Lepervanche. 1. ed. Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin Australia, 1988. p. 43-51.

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