Gender and Literature: A Systems StudyUniversity Press of America, 2001 - 396 páginas Gender and Literature: A Systems Study addresses the notion of gender as a "social construct," and presents evolutionary reasons for human psycho-behavioral differentiation along the lines of sexual dimorphism of the reproductive and the related functions, which produce the main genders of femininity and masculinity, corresponding roughly with the functions of procreation and competition, respectively. These two gender-oriented poles of human behavior are intermingled in the individual mind to produce a mixture of gender traits that underlie personality and behavior. A statistical model of the overlap of the masculine and feminine traits generates eight specific gender types: the feminine woman, the womanly women, the womanly man, the androgynous man, the androgynous woman, the manly man, the manly woman, and the masculine man. Characteristics of each type are offered together with examples from a wide range of literary texts. |
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Página 179
... Marriage as a social institution and an official sanction of sexual union is of no relevance to exodynamic people , although the wedding ceremony ( or rather the fantasy of it ) can provide a deep symbolic expression of love ...
... Marriage as a social institution and an official sanction of sexual union is of no relevance to exodynamic people , although the wedding ceremony ( or rather the fantasy of it ) can provide a deep symbolic expression of love ...
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... marriage as conven- ience restraint indiscrimi- nate hostility no family- rejection of all people emotional coldness , no need of love as commit- divorce rate ment , stable marriage marriage marriage Attitude to amoral bending the moral ...
... marriage as conven- ience restraint indiscrimi- nate hostility no family- rejection of all people emotional coldness , no need of love as commit- divorce rate ment , stable marriage marriage marriage Attitude to amoral bending the moral ...
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... marriage provided . At the same time they are too clever and too independent just to get married : they want to marry a man called Ernest ( " There are principles at stake that one cannot surrender , ” 406 ) , not because of the alleged ...
... marriage provided . At the same time they are too clever and too independent just to get married : they want to marry a man called Ernest ( " There are principles at stake that one cannot surrender , ” 406 ) , not because of the alleged ...
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The Psyche Its Structure | 35 |
Psyche | 42 |
Phylogenetic Memory | 53 |
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