Evolution's rainbow: diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people/

Main Author: Roughgarden, Joan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. ; London: University of California Press, c2009
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245 1 0 |a Evolution's rainbow:   |b diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people/  |c Joan Roughgarden 
260 |a Berkeley, Calif. ;  |b University of California Press,  |c c2009  |a London: 
300 |a xi, 474 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
500 |a "With a new preface"--T.p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-459) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : Diversity denied -- Animal rainbows. Sex and diversity. Sex versus gender. Sex within bodies. Sex roles. Two-gender families. Multiple-gender families. Female choice. Same-sex sexuality. The theory of evolution -- Human rainbows. An embryonic narrative. Sex determination. Sex differences. Gender identity. Sexual orientation. Psychological perspectives. Disease versus diversity. Genetic engineering versus diversity -- Cultural rainbows. Two-spirits, mahu, and hijras. Transgender in historical Europe and the Middle East. Sexual relations in antiquity. Tomboi, vestidas, and guevedoche. Trans politics in the United States. 
650 0 |a Biodiversity 
650 0 |a Sexual behavior in animals 
650 0 |a Gender identity 
650 0 |a Sexual orientation 
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