这一交汇很能说明问题。它相当微妙,但本质上表明维多利亚时代关于女人和性的思想与我们所处的时代并非全然背道而驰。科学——演化心理学——是一个靠不住的保守派影响。主流演化理论巧妙地解释了我们的各种生理特性,从大拇指相对于其他手指的发展,到直立的姿态,再到免疫系统的形成。与之相反,过去几十年里发展颇盛的演化心理学则试图启用同一套达尔文主义原则来 This intersection is very illustrative of the problem. It is rather subtle, but essentially shows that Victorian thought about women and sex does not run counter to our time. Science - Evolutionary Psychology - is an unreliable conservative influence. Mainstream evolutionary theory cleverly explains our various physiological traits, from the development of thumbs to other fingers, upright posture, to the formation of the immune system. In contrast, the evolving evolutionary psychology of the past few decades has attempted to enable the same set of Darwinian principles