Why beautiful people have more daughters : from dating, shopping, and praying to going to war and becoming a billionaire : two evolutionary psychologists explain why we do what we do / Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa.
"Includes new afterword"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-239) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Human nature "R" us -- The forgotten half of the equation -- Two errors in thinking that we must avoid -- A note about stereotypes -- How to use this book -- 1. What is evolutionary psychology? -- A typical view from the social sciences -- The evolutionary psychological perspective -- The Savanna principle : why our brains are stuck in the Stone Age -- 2. Why are men and women so different? -- What about culture? Is anything cultural? -- On to the puzzles and questions -- 3. Barbie, manufactured by Mattel, designed by evolution : the evolutionary psychology of sex and mating -- Why do men like blonde bombshells (and why do women want to look like them)? -- Why is beauty not in the eye of the beholder or skin-deep? -- Why is prostitution the world's oldest profession, and why is pornography a billion-dollar industry? -- Why Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but not Lauren Bacall and Brad Pitt? -- He said, she said : why do men and women perceive the same situation differently? -- 4. Go together like a horse and carriage? : the evolutionary psychology of marriage -- Why are there virtually no polyandrous societies? -- Why (and how) are contemporary westerners polygynous? -- Why does having sons reduce the likelihood of divorce? -- Why are diamonds a girl's best friend? -- Why might handsome men make bad husbands? -- 5. Some things are more important than money : the evolutionary psychology of the family -- Boy or girl? What influences the sex of your child? -- Why does the baby have daddy's eyes, but not mommy's? -- Why are there so many deadbeat dads but so few deadbeat moms? -- Why is family more important to women than to men? -- Why do girls of divorced parents experience puberty earlier than girls whose parents remain married? -- 6. Guys gone wild : the evolutionary psychology of crime and violence -- Why are almost all violent criminals men? -- What do Bill Gates and Paul McCartney have in common with criminals? -- Why does marriage "settle" men down? -- Why do some men beat up their wives and girlfriends? -- 7. Life's not fair, or politically correct : the evolutionary psychology of political and economic inequalities -- Why do politicians risk everything by having an affair (but only if they are male)? -- Why do men so often earn more money and attain higher status than women? -- Why are most neurosurgeons male and most kindergarten teachers female? -- Why is sexual harassment so persistent? -- 8. The good, the bad, and the ugly : the evolutionary psychology of religion and conflict -- Where does religion come from? -- Why are women more religious than men? -- Why are most suicide bombers Muslim? -- Why is ethnic and nationalist conflict so persistent throughout the world? -- Why are single women more likely to travel abroad, and why are young single men more likely to be xenophobic? -- Conclusion. Stump the evolutionary psychologists : a few tougher questions.
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