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Standards of evidence for designed sex differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2009

Aaron Sell
Aaron Sell
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660. sell@psych.ucsb.eduhttp://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/grads/Sell.html
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Abstract

At the heart of the debate between social role theorists and evolutionary psychologists is whether natural selection has designed the minds of the sexes differently to some interesting extent. In this commentary I describe the standards of evidence for both the positive and negative claims. In my opinion, Archer has met the standard for designed sex differences in intrasexual conflict.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 289
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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