当审视已知的全部人类社会之时,我们随处可见某种形式的家庭,即男人们籍以帮助女人照顾小孩的某种长期安排。在这种家庭中,明显的人性特征不在于男人保护女人和小孩——这是我们和猿猴共同的。但它也不在于男人傲慢地占有女人,并为此与别的男人争斗——这同样是我们和猿猴一样。相反,它的特征是男人养家的行为,在人类社会各处男人都帮助提供女人和小孩所需食物。 与我们在形体结构上最相近的同类物——猿猴,其男性一般不为女性提供食物。他可能进行争斗来保护她或占有她,但并不抚养她。她必须 When we look at all the known human societies, we can see a certain form of family everywhere, namely some long-term arrangements for men to help women take care of children. In this family, the obvious human nature is not that men protect women and children—this is common to us and apes. But it also does not mean that men arrogantly occupy women and fight against other men for this purpose. This is just like us and ape monkeys. Instead, it is characterized by the behavior of men who support the family. Men in all parts of human society help provide food for women and children. The male of the apes, the closest thing to our physical structure, does not provide food to women. He may fight to protect her or possess her but does not raise her. She must