“The Psychological Foundations of Culture” does not discuss gender issues in detail.
More specifically: Sexual Strategies Theory tends to agree with modern cultural stereotypes of men and women, much as “scientific racism” tended to confirm cultural stereotypes of people of different races.
(I do acknowledge that “Sexual Strategies Theory” is far from settled science and has been heavily criticized—but it’s a large part of what comes to mind when people think of ev-psych.)
Perhaps it is merely that reputable evolutionary psychology is not about gender issues, while disreputable evo-psych is almost entirely focused on them.
“The Psychological Foundations of Culture” does not discuss gender issues in detail.
More specifically: Sexual Strategies Theory tends to agree with modern cultural stereotypes of men and women, much as “scientific racism” tended to confirm cultural stereotypes of people of different races.
(I do acknowledge that “Sexual Strategies Theory” is far from settled science and has been heavily criticized—but it’s a large part of what comes to mind when people think of ev-psych.)
Evolutionary psychology is not primarily about gender issues. This may be much of why so many folks have such a problem with it ….
Perhaps it is merely that reputable evolutionary psychology is not about gender issues, while disreputable evo-psych is almost entirely focused on them.