Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can we do about it? Demonic Males offers startling new answers to these questions. Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, the book unfolds a compelling argument that the secrets of a peaceful society may well be, first, a sharing of power between males and females, and second, a high level and variety of sexual activity, both homosexual and heterosexual. Dramatic, vivid, and sometimes shocking, but firmly grounded in meticulous scientific research, Demonic Males will stir controversy and debate. It will be required reading for anyone concerned about the spiral of violence undermining human society.
Author(s): Richard W. Wrangham; Dale Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 350
City: Boston/New York
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
1: Paradise Lost
2: Time Machine
3: Roots
4: Raiding
5: Paradise Imagined
6: A Question of Temperament
7: Relationship Violence
8: The Price of Freedom
9: Legacies
10: The Gentle Ape
11: Message from the Southern Forests
12: Taming the Demon
13: Kakama's Doll
Family Trees
Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index