MIND OF HER OWN

The evolutionary psychology of women. When Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy in their choice of male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were shocked that he accorded so much importance to women.

But this early view of the female role was far from revolutionary: They were simply allowed to be passive 'quality controllers' of male genes.

Here in this second edition, the author redresses the balance of evolutionary theory in favour of women.

She examines how selection pressures have shaped the female mind over thousands of years.