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Biopolitics and Gender Biopolitics and Gender Meredith W. Watts, Editor Routledge Taylor & Francis Group NEW YORK AND LONDON First Published by The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904–1580 Transferred to Digital Printing 2009 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York NY 10016 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Biopolitics and Gender has also been published as Women & Politics, Volume 3, Numbers 2/3, Summer/Fall 1983. Copyright © 1984 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Copies of articles in this publication may be reproduced noncommercially for the purpose of educational or scientific advancement. Otherwise, no part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Biopolitics and gender. "Biopolitics and Gender has also been published as Women & Politics, Volume 3, Numbers 2/3, Summer/Fall 1983"—Verso of t.p. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Biopolitics and gender / Meredith W. Watts — Biology, gender, and politics / Denise L. Baer, David A. Bositis — Political ideology, sociology, and the U.S. women's rights movement / Susan Ann Kay, Douglas B. Meikle — [etc.] 1. Women in politics—United States—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Women's rights—United States—Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Biopolitics—Addresses, essays, lec- tures. I. Watts, Meredith W. II. Women & politics. HQ1236.5.U6B56 1983 305.4'2 83-18597 ISBN 0-86656-250-8 Publisher's Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent. Biopolitics and Gender Women & Politics Volume 3, Numbers 2/3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: Biopolitics and Gender 1 Meredith W. Watts Biology, Gender, and Politics: An Assessment and Critique 29 Denise L. Baer David A. Bositis Androgens and Participation 30 Menstruation and Participation 44 Biopolitics as an Explanatory Paradigm 52 Political Ideology, Sociobiology, and the U.S. Women's Rights Movement 67 Susan Ann Kay Douglas B. Meikle Conflict within and between Ideologies in the U.S. 68 Sociobiology 77 Implications from Sociobiology for Reform Feminist Ideology and Policy Prescriptions 84 Conclusions 90 The Biopolitics of Sex: Gender, Genetics, and Epigenetics 97 Glendon Schubert Sexual Dimorphism 99 Sex Roles 111 Political Behavior 116 Conclusion 120 Sex, Endocrines, and Political Behavior 129 Dean Jaros Elizabeth S. White Power Structures and Perceptions of Power Holders in Same-sex Groups of Young Children 147 Diane Carlson Jones Power 148 The Ethological Study of Dominance 148 Leadership as a Power Phenomenon 149 Sex Differences in Leadership and Dominance 150 The Study 153 The Power Hierarchies 156 Relationships among Hierarchy Variables 158 Perceptions of Power Holders 158 Implications 160 Explaining "Male Chauvinism" and "Feminism": Cultural Differences in Male and Female Reproductive Strategies 165 Roger D. Masters Sexual Inequality as a Problem for Research 166 Natural Selection and Cultural Norms 167 Inclusive Fitness Theory and Gender Differences in Reproductive Strategy 174 The Evolutionary Origins of Human Gender Roles 180 The Causes of "Male Chauvinism" 184 Sexual Discrimination in Industrial Societies 198 Conclusions 202 EDITOR SARAH SLAVIN, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York EDITORIAL BOARD KIRSTEN AMUNDSEN, Professor of Political Science, California State University at Sacramento BARBARA R. BERGMANN, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland at College Park MELISSA BUTLER, Associate Professor of Political Science, Wabash College ELLEN BONEPARTH, Associate Professor of Political Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California IRENE DIAMOND, Women's Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst JO FREEMAN, Brooklyn, New York WALTER R. GOVE, Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University MARTIN GRUBERG, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh LYNNE B. IGLITZIN, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies; Lecturer in Political Science, University of Washington at Seattle JANE S. JAQUETTE, Associate Professor of Political Science, Occidental College at Los Angeles M. KENT JENNINGS, Professor, Political Science Department, University of California at Santa Barbara ALBERT K. KARNIG, Associate Professor, Center for Public Affairs, Arizona State University RITA MAE KELLY, Professor, Center for Public Affairs, Arizona State University JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations J. STANLEY LEMONS, Professor of History, Rhode Island University NAOMI LYNN, Professor, Political Science Department, Kansas State University at Manhattan SUSAN GLUCK MEZEY, Political Science Department, DePaul University BETTY A. NESVOLD, Dean, San Diego State University KAREN O'CONNOR, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University; member of the Georgia bar JEWEL L. PRESTAGE, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, Southern University VIRGINIA SAPIRO, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison DEBRA W. STEWART, Associate Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University at Raleigh KENT TEDIN, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Houston SUSAN J. TOLCHIN, Professor of Public Administration, The George Washington University SUSAN WELCH, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, University of Nebraska at Lincoln BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITOR KATHLEEN A. STAUDT, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso BOOK REVIEW EDITOR SHARON L. WOLCHIK, Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies, Department of Political Science, The George Washington University EDITORIAL INTERN JUDY HARLA, State University College at Buffalo DATA BASES EDITOR ROBERT DARCY, Associate Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University at Stillwater Biopolitics and Gender
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