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The Caveman Meets Postmodern Feminism

The Caveman Mystique: Pop Darwinism and the Debates over Sex, Violence, and Science. By Martha McCaughey, New York, Routledge, 2007. 176 pp. $34.95 ISBN: 978-0-415-93474-9

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McBurney, D.H. The Caveman Meets Postmodern Feminism. Sex Roles 62, 138–140 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9669-6

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