Gender Inequality in Interaction--An Evolutionary Account

Autor/in	Hopcroft, Rosemary L.
Titel	Gender Inequality in Interaction--An Evolutionary Account
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 87 (2009) 4, S.1845-1872 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Group Dynamics; Females; Interaction; Gender Differences; Social Change; Time Perspective; Evolution; Self Esteem; Sexuality; Birth; Age Differences; Assertiveness; Social Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppendynamik; Weibliches Geschlecht; Interaktion; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Wandel; Zeitbezug; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Sexualität; Geburt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Gesellschaftstheorie
Abstract	In this article I argue that evolutionary theorizing can help sociologists and feminists better understand gender inequality. Evolutionary theory explains why control of the sexuality of young women is a priority across most human societies both past and present. Evolutionary psychology has extended our understanding of male violence against women. Here I add to these theories and present a sexual selection argument to postulate possible evolved predispositions that promote young female deference to adult males in interaction and the converse, lack of male deference to young females. According to this argument, the pattern of greater female deference disappears when the women involved are past menopause. Put together, these ideas form an evolutionary account of gender inequality that complements and extends traditional sociological and feminist theories. (As Provided).
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