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A Mind Of Her Own: The Evolutionary Psychology of Women (Hardcover)

by Anne Campbell (Author) "In the past twenty years over 110,000 studies of women, gender and sex differences have appeared in academic journals ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 402 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (14 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198504985
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198504986
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 17.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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In her readable and thought-provoking account, Campbell argues that there are profound differences between women, and that this is both a cause and a consequence of directional selection on female psychology... Campbell provides an excellent taxonomy of nine classes of feminism This book will stimulate an important debate and ensure that evolution cannot be ignored. (Anne Magurran, Times Literary Supplement )

A Mind of Her Own is a well-organized, well-written, up-to-date textbook on evolutionary psychology, which stands out from the pack. (Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol 6, No 6 )

Jerome H. Barkow, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, June 2002

A well-organized, well-written, up-to-date textbook on evolutionary psychology, which stands out from the pack.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A much needed take on evolutionary psychology, 8 Jan 2009
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Evolutionary psychology is the subject of the moment and has infiltrated all our thinking; be it through the Noddy world of 'Women are from Skegness, Men are from Scunthorpe' or the world views of Darwin, Dawkins and Dennett.
It is a fascinating subject, which impacts how we view ourselves; our motivations, societies and our philosophy on life.
However, like many sciences, it is male dominated. When we are talking about a subject that has such an impact on how the sexes relate to each other, as opposed to Astronomy or particle physics, this is a problem. And it has led to a backlash from many feminist thinkers, who feel that social factors are overlooked and that male dominance is over emphasised.

Anne Campbell has a refreshing approach to this, agreeing that when females are portrayed as bit players in evolution, devoid of competition and worthy only as a vessel for the best possible sperm, it does a disservice not only to half the world's population, but to evolutionary science as a whole. There is a bigger picture here.

This work is well written and easy to understand. I still have many questions about how relevant Evolutionary Psychology is in our lives, in comparison to social factors, but I found it hugely enjoyable, and it made me (as a woman) want to learn more about the subject, which is what a good science book should do.

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