I’m not quite sure what to make of this new book: Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire– Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
From the review in the New York Post I read it seems that the book Essentially says that men are shallow and pervy up until they have kids and then they’re lazy bastards. And women on the other hand are wired not to be as ambitious as men because they’ve evolved to care about other things, according to the book. It seems western-centric and gender-biased – like the guy never left the 1950s. There are soooo many holes – I can’t decide to laugh or yell at him.
wow. nice.
i think the real title of this should be: honey, i’m sorry we keep having boys.
I read the book and liked it. The writing is pretty uninspiring but the ideas are really interesting. If you’ve judged the book (and have written it off) by the NYTimes review, then give it another chance and read it. There are some fascinating ideas in it that merit consideration. I’m not saying the book is all-seeing, but to reject ideas because they’re offensive is a human conceit.
I’m now lending out my copy, which I got from my friend Darren, who read and reviewed the book here: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2007/10/why-do-beautiful-people-have-more-daughters.html
Let me know if you’d like me to send it along.