Genes, Brains and Gendered Behavior: Rethinking Powerand Politics in Response to Condit, Liesen, and Vandermassen

摘要

In response to the commentaries by Condit, Liesen,and Vandermassen, I argue that we lack a more nuancedunderstanding of women's political behavior (and thereforepolitics in general) because of the sustained barrier betweenthe social and natural sciences, historical missteps, researcherbias, and perhaps an inclination to ask the wrong questions.By taking a Darwinian feminist approach to exploringgendered political behavior, and with the tools of behaviorgenetics and cognitive neuroscience, we can better understandthe psychological and behavioral repertoires of men andwomen as well as predict political outcomes.