The evolutionary psychology of patriarchy: Women are not passive pawns in men's game
David M. Buss a1andJoshua Duntley a1 a1 Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712
dbuss@psy.utexas.edu
Abstract
We applaud Campbell's cogent arguments for the evolution
of female survival mechanisms but take issue with several key
conceptual claims: the treatment of patriarchy; the implicit
assumption that women are passive pawns in a male game of
media exploitation; and the neglect of the possibility that media
images exploit existing evolved psychological mechanisms rather
than create them.
