Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide - Hector A. Garcia 2019

Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide - Hector A. Garcia 2019

Evolutionary Politics

The Evolutionary Model: Why, How, and Caveats

Left, Right, and Mother Nature

How Nature Shapes Psychology

Openness to Experience

Fear of Outsiders

Inbreeding and Outbreeding

The Dangers of Germs

The Dangers of Men

Should We Outsmart Our Genes?

Is Conservatism an Extreme form of The Male Brain?

Theory of Mind

Empathy Differences between Females and Males

Empathy Differences between Liberals and Conservatives

Differences in Facial Expressions between Females and Males

Differences in Facial Expressions between Liberals and Conservatives

Language Differences between Females and Males

Language Differences between Liberals and Conservatives

Eye Gaze Differences between Females and Males

Eye Gaze Differences between Liberals and Conservatives

Egalitarianism versus Competitiveness between Females and Males

Egalitarianism versus Competition between Liberals and Conservatives

Cognitive Differences: Preference for Closed, Rule-Based Systems between Females and Males

Cognitive Differences: Preference for Closed, Rule-Based Systems between Liberals and Conservatives

Differences in Social Rules between Females and Males

Differences in Social Rules between Liberals and Conservatives

Evolved Utility

Equality Versus Hierarchy

Rank and Resource Redistribution: The Liberal Endeavor

Competition for Food and Sex among Apes

Competition for Food and Sex among Men

Men and Their Numbers Strategy

How Numbers Strategies Drive Inequality

Social Dominance Orientation

Shared Genes, SDO, and Male Violence

On Big Apes and Presidents

Of Large Apes and Big Men

Alpha Gods and the Men Who Represent Them

Big Men on the Left

Right-Wing Authoritarianism Denuded

War as the Source of RWA

Suppressing Competition and In-Group Order

Conformity and Order

The Politics of Sexual Control

The Defensive Game of Male Mate Competition

Case Studies of Conservatism as Male Sexual Control

Abortion

Growing a Bigger Clan

On the Broader Dangers of Sexual Control

Women, Sex, and Politics

Why Women Are More Liberal

Why All Women Aren't Democrats

Women in Government

On Blind Tribes and Becoming Sighted

Blindness

How Fear Trumps Knowledge

How Our Evolved Psychology Is Used to Exploit Us

Becoming Sighted

Closing Thoughts

Acknowledgements

Notes