Author Question: The theory of evolution that greatly influenced social thought in nineteenth century America was ... (Read 87 times)

bobbie · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

The theory of evolution that greatly influenced social thought in nineteenth century America was

a. juridical racialism.
b. constitutional racialism.
c. neo-Marxism.
d. social Darwinism.

Question 2

According to the author of Caveman Masculinity, the appeal of evolutionary narratives about male identity and behavior is:

a. the sense of security provided by the imagined inevitability of heterosexual manhood.
b. their ability to keep women in their place, using science as a basis for power.
c. because they exist, men don't have to engage in any self-creation.
d. they give people a basis for arguing that rape and violence are social constructs.