Hard-wired (SMH - Sam de Brito)
In his book, In Search of Human Nature, historian Carl Degler details how biological explanations for explaining human behaviour, such as Darwinism, have long faded in and out of fashion. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/blogs/all-men-are-liars/ha...
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About his book, the site says: "The idea of a biological root to human nature was almost universally accepted at the turn of the century, Degler points out, then all but vanished from social thought only to reappear in the last four decades.
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"This indicates that culturally these explanations serve to prop up what are largely ideological concepts of masculinity and femininity," writes Shira Tarrant of Degler's book in her work Men and Feminism.
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