SEXUAL ATTRACTION: A TEST CASE OF SOCIOBIOLOGICAL THEORY Export

@article{citeulike:4187506, abstract = {A study of the place of human sexuality in religious systems indicates a possible universal stress on sexual attraction. This could be explained by using the theories of Richard Dawkins and other sociobiologists: the philandering male and the coy female express the best strategies for the survival of the "selfish gene." Closer analysis of four religious systems throws doubt on these theories. In some systems the strategies are contradicted while in others there is stress on cooperative restraint rather than on survival through selfish propagation. The principal objection to the sociobiological approach is its assumption of conflict between the sexes.}, address = {H. V. C. Harris, coordinator of the religious studies department, McAuley College, 243 Gladstone Road, Dutton Park, Queensland 4051 Australia}, author = {Harris, H. V. C.}, citeulike-article-id = {4187506}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00933.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119534895/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00933.x}, journal = {Zygon}, keywords = {sexuality}, number = {3}, pages = {317--330}, posted-at = {2009-03-17 20:53:02}, priority = {2}, title = {SEXUAL ATTRACTION: A TEST CASE OF SOCIOBIOLOGICAL THEORY}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00933.x}, volume = {19}, year = {1984} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4187506 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4187506 N2 - A study of the place of human sexuality in religious systems indicates a possible universal stress on sexual attraction. This could be explained by using the theories of Richard Dawkins and other sociobiologists: the philandering male and the coy female express the best strategies for the survival of the "selfish gene." Closer analysis of four religious systems throws doubt on these theories. In some systems the strategies are contradicted while in others there is stress on cooperative restraint rather than on survival through selfish propagation. The principal objection to the sociobiological approach is its assumption of conflict between the sexes. IS - 3 JF - Zygon AD - H. V. C. Harris, coordinator of the religious studies department, McAuley College, 243 Gladstone Road, Dutton Park, Queensland 4051 Australia EP - 330 TI - SEXUAL ATTRACTION: A TEST CASE OF SOCIOBIOLOGICAL THEORY VL - 19 SP - 317 KW - sexuality AU - Harris, HVC PY - 1984/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00933.x ER -