THE AGE OF SCIENTIFIC SEXISM: HOW EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY SUPPORTS GENDER PROFILING AND DESTROYS OUR LOVE LIVES
Book ID/图书代码： 06840014B71552
English Summary/英文概要： In this penetrating exploration of our culture’s fascination with gender stereotypes, Mari Ruti scrutinizes the science behind the idea that men and women live in separate emotional and sexual universes. Through close analysis of popular science’s most lauded titles, Ruti reveals that what we trust as “science” is often merely a front for deeply traditional, anti-feminist ideologies of gender and sexuality. The Age of Scientific Sexism is the long overdue take-down of antiquated notions of evolutionary psychology that have been recycled in our culture and self-help industry for decades.
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. How often have we heard that phrase? Or maybe we’ve read a book or two from John Gray’s ubiquitous best-selling franchise. Although originally published over twenty years ago, Mars/Venus is far from “your mother’s self-help book.” Today its model is thriving; its main tenet that men and women are so distinct as to be practically different species is deeply ingrained in popular culture. Although we condemn racial and religious stereotypes, we are surprisingly complacent about gender profiling, especially when it comes to discussion of what we want in relationships. Why do we accept this? Because, we’ve been told, “It’s science.”
Or is it? The Age of Scientific Sexism questions the idea that romantic behavior can be “explained” through science, and reveals the tremendous damage done to our love lives by this kind of thinking. For decades, gender profiling has claimed the support of evolutionary psychology, which perpetuates such ideas that biological imperatives have hardwired men to be unfaithful, and that men are naturally sexually aggressive, while women are coy and reluctant. Far from harmless theories, Ruti argues, these views are the cornerstone of a conservative backlash against the widespread renegotiation of gender roles, romantic possibilities, and individual lifestyles that characterize our society. The Age of Scientific Sexism is a bold and biting critique of the corrupt science driving our multi-billion dollar self-help industry.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这个对带着性别的刻板印象的文化魅力的渗透探索中，玛丽•鲁迪审视了男人和女人生活在不同的情感和性的世界这种想法背后的科学。通过对最受称赞的科学标题的仔细分析，鲁迪揭示了我们相信的“科学”往往只是性别与性的深刻传统和反女权主义的意识形态的掩护。《科学的性别歧视时代 》是对进化心理学的陈旧观念的早就该执行的拆卸，这些陈旧观念在我们的文化和自我帮助行业已经回收了几十年。
男人来自火星，女人来自金星。有多少次我们听到这句话？ 或者我们从约翰•格雷无处不在最畅销的专营权中读了一两本。虽然最初在二十年前出版，但火星/金星是远远早于“你母亲的自助书”。如今，它的类型是一枝独秀；它的主要宗旨是作为深深植根于流行文化的几乎不同的物种，男人和女人是如此不同。虽然我们谴责种族和宗教的刻板印象，我们对性别分析有着惊人的自满，特别是当它涉及到我们想要在关系中进行的讨论时。为什么我们要接受它？因为，我们一直被告知“这是科学”。
或者是吗？《科学的性别歧视时代》质疑了浪漫的行为可以通过科学“解释”的想法，并揭示了这种想法对我们的爱情生活的巨大伤害。几十年来，社会性别分析宣告了进化心理学的支持，这种想法的延续还有生物需求和男人出轨的联系，男人天生的性攻击性，以及女性的腼腆和不情愿。鲁迪认为这些观点是保守派强烈反对性别角色的普遍重新谈判，浪漫的可能性，以及体现我们社会的个人生活方式的基石。《科学的性别歧视时代》是对腐败的科学推动我们数十亿美元的自救行业的一个大胆而刺骨的批判。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 玛丽•鲁迪获得了布朗大学（本科），巴黎大学（DEA）和哈佛大学（社会学硕士；比较文学硕士；比较文学博士）的学位证书。她目前是多伦多大学批判理论学的副教授。她写了《字符的呼唤：生命值得活下去》 （哥伦比亚大学出版社，2013年）， 《存在的奇异性：拉康和不朽》（福特汉姆大学出版社，2012），《爱的召唤》（哥伦比亚大学出版社，2011），《脆弱东西的世界：精神与生活的艺术》（纽约州立大学出版社，2009年），以及《重塑心灵：以人为本理论与心理生活》（其他出版社，2006年）。
MARI RUTI holds degrees from Brown (B.A.), the University of Paris (DEA), and Harvard (M.A. Sociology; M.A. Comparative Literature; Ph.D. Comparative Literature). She is currently Associate Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Toronto. She is the author of The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living (Columbia University Press, 2013), The Singularity of Being: Lacan and the Immortal Within (Fordham University Press, 2012), The Summons of Love (Columbia University Press, 2011), A World of Fragile Things: Psychoanalysis and the Art of Living (SUNY Press, 2009), and Reinventing the Soul: Posthumanist Theory and Psychic Life (Other Press, 2006).
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