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  • Evolution’s Rainbow

  • Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People, with a New Preface
  • Written by: Joan Roughgarden
  • Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
  • Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science--and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. A new preface shows how this witty, playful, and daring book has revolutionized our understanding of sexuality.
©2004 Joan Roughgarden (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Gender Studies Anthropology Biological Sciences
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Starts with science then becomes christian opinion

I'm stopping the book in the middle. The first line was a weird whistle blower for christians who think scientism is a religion, but I have it a pass. The information and reflections were good enough past that, then from end of chapter 16 onwards (especially in chapter 17), her christian partiality starts to leak heavily into the science, making it... Well not science, for sure. It becomes just an opinion piece, and a ridiculous one at that. She starts heavily declaring things without proof, assumes scientists' intentions from her own biases, and her analysis starts to sound like preaching. So... Not for me after all! 🤷🏿

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