...Anthropology and gender studies, to get an idea of what behaviors are socially constructed and which are essential...
It is my understanding that physical anthropologists will give very different answers than other kinds of anthropologists. I would suggest evolutionary psychology and gender studies as a more suitable dichotomy of types of hypothesis.
I suspect that studying those two fields together might lead to more confusion than it clears up, at least lacking any bridging information or empirical data to help you evaluate claims.
It is my understanding that physical anthropologists will give very different answers than other kinds of anthropologists. I would suggest evolutionary psychology and gender studies as a more suitable dichotomy of types of hypothesis.
He specifically suggests both Mead and Freeman. I’ve never heard someone advocate reading one without banning the other.
I suspect that studying those two fields together might lead to more confusion than it clears up, at least lacking any bridging information or empirical data to help you evaluate claims.