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[–]BiologyIsReal[S] 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Considering the same people think indigenous people lived in a gender utopia untill the white man introduced to them the concept of sex, I don't trust these claims.

I can only read the abstract, but I would bet the authors did enough mental gymnastics in this paper to win an Olympic medal. The whole idea is insane as you say. Animal behaviour may vary between the sexes, but that doesn't mean they have a concept of gender.

[–]grixit 7 insightful - 11 fun7 insightful - 10 fun8 insightful - 11 fun -  (1 child)

Considering the same people think indigenous people lived in a gender utopia untill the white man introduced to them the concept of sex, I don't trust these claims.

Columbus wrote exensively about the behavior of natives on Hispanola, especially the way they would sometimes split in two to reproduce, since their anatomy was totally unrelated to sex.

[–]lefterfield 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

OMG, lol!

[–]lefterfield 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Completely agree. I wish I could read the whole paper if only to evaluate their claims, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's not worth the purchase price.

[–]BiologyIsReal[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm curious about what kind of arguments they came, but I think I'll wait for the incoming critiques of the paper. I'm sure someone will have something to say about it.

[–]lefterfield 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly if I had the money I'd see about buying a subscription to read it. It's so dumb that I am curious.