Evolution's Rainbow
Subtitle: diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people
By: Joan Roughgarden
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780520260122
Subjects: Sexual behavior in animals; Biodiversity; Gender identity; Sexual orientation
Notes: Originally published: 2004. With new preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-459) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Diversity denied; title: Animal rainbows. Sex and diversity. Sex versus gender. Sex within bodies. Sex roles. Two-gender families. Multiple-gender families. Female choice. Same-sex sexuality. The theory of evolution; title: Human rainbows. An embryonic narrative. Sex determination. Sex differences. Gender identity. Sexual orientation. Psychological perspectives. Disease versus diversity. Genetic engineering versus diversity; title: Cultural rainbows. Two-spirits, mahu, and hijras. Transgender in historical Europe and the Middle East. Sexual relations in antiquity. Tomboi, vestidas, and guevedoche. Trans politics in the United States.