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“Hector A. Garcia draws upon the latest in evolutionary science to examine political partisanship and how our past shapes the way we fight for our future. This book will have a profound effect on how you view political discourse, immigration issues, women’s rights, and, yes, even Donald Trump.”—Juliet Blake, film and TV producer and head of TED TV“Why has our political system become so divided and divisive along many lines? Why, for example, do pro-life conservatives support life-ending things like war, guns, and capital punishment, and why do free-speech-supporting liberals want to silence speakers they disagree with? Proximate explanations are provided by political scientists, but deeper ultimate answers must come from psychology and evolutionary theory, which the estimable Hector A. Garcia provides in this illuminating work of science and politics, the timing of which could not be more vital as our country is coming apart over seemingly intractable controversies. A must-read if you care about our future.”   —Michael Shermer, Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, and author of The Believing Brain and The Moral Arc“Places sexual competition right where it should be—at the center of political orientation and behavior. This engagingly written book lives in current events. It draws highly controversial conclusions based on solid research that challenge readers who are either on the left or right. For instance, Donald Trump’s exploitation of women makes him more attractive to his female voters. This page-turner is destined to receive a lot of attention.”   —Nigel Barber, evolutionary psychologist, author, and blogger at Psychology Today“This book explains everything! It is easy to say that human behavior boils down to biology, but Hector A. Garcia actually proves it. With an impressive breadth of scholarship and clear thinking, he takes us on a delightful ride through the prehistoric savannah, and beyond, to shine an extraordinary light on the ancient evolutionary forces behind our current political clashes.”   —Dan Barker, author of Mere Morality“Relying on exhaustive research in evolutionary biology, Garcia takes us back to the Stone Age when human struggles for sexual access and dominance originated. Much of what we find perplexing and dismaying about today’s ‘tribal’ conflicts—between men and women and across the political divide—is convincingly explained by his revealing ‘reverse engineering’ of our species.” —John V. H. Dippel, author of War and Sex"Sex, Power, and Partisanship will surprise and delight you. Garcia shows how much of our political alignment is consistent with evolutionary predictions based especially on male-female considerations. Whether you’re an evolutionary scientist, an involved citizen, or just someone hungry for terrific new ideas, you’ll love this accessible yet consequential book.”   —David P. Barash, Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Washington, coauthor of Strength through Peace, and author of Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are  “The best book to date using the science of evolutionary psychology to understand how our brains are still tuned to a Stone Age world of frequent conflict and unshakable tribal loyalties. Achieving peace and political stability demands recognizing where we come from, while rejoicing that understanding our origins permits us to do a lot better than our Stone Age ancestors. Hector A. Garcia provides the depth of scientific knowledge, combined with comprehensive referencing and objectivity, to follow our better angels. In the age of alpha male Trump, this is essential for our sanity—and perhaps for the survival of democracy.”   —Malcolm Potts, MD, PhD, author of Sex and War

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Hector A. Garcia, Psy.D., is the author of Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression. He is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in combat veterans. He has published extensively on evolutionary psychology, stress and politics in organizations, and the interplay between war and masculine identity.

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Paperback: 254 pages

Publisher: Prometheus Books (February 5, 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1633885143

ISBN-13: 978-1633885141

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6.1 x 0.7 x 9 inches

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3.9 out of 5 stars

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Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide by Hector A. Garcia“Sex, Power, and Partisanship” is a provocative book that makes sense of our political divide. Clinical psychologist Hector A Garcia makes use of evolutionary science to explain how our current political differences are rooted in our Stone Age mating. This compelling 254-page book includes the following eight chapters: 1. Evolutionary Politics, 2. Left, Right, and Mother Nature, 3. Is Conservatism an Extreme Form of the Male Brain?, 4. Equality Versus Hierarchy, 5. On Big Apes and Presidents, 6. The Politics of Sexual Control, 7. Woman, Sex, and Politics, and 8. On Blind Tribes and Becoming Sighted.Positives:1. Well-written, well-researched book that is accessible to the masses.2. An excellent and an important topic, how evolutionary science makes sense of our political divide.3. Addresses sensitive topics fairly. “But even though gender can exist independently of biological sex, as we will learn throughout this book it is not independent of biology. Neither is politics.”4. In the first chapter, Garcia defines the purpose of this book. “I explain how all the hallmarks of political conservatism—its tribalistic flavor (us versus them), its emphasis on female sexual control, and its hawkish and territorial nature—are rooted in male mate competition, the ageless biological struggle for reproductive dominance.”5. Makes the compelling argument throughout the book that our political preferences may be rooted in our genes. “An increasingly large body of research is finding a genetic component to our political natures.” “Overall, meta-analytic research suggests that 30–60 percent of the variance in our political preference is due to genetic factors.”6. Social science and the models that define our personalities. “Social scientists have developed various models for understanding human personality, the most widely researched of which is known as the “Big Five.” These dimensions include openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (or OCEAN).”7. Discusses differences between liberals and conservatives. “What the researchers found was that preschoolers who were rated as curious, impulsive, talkative, and so on reliably grew up to be liberals, whereas those who were described as shy, distrustful of others, compliant, and adult-seeking grew up to be conservatives. The ability of childhood personality traits to predict politics across such an impressive time span shows that genetic predispositions can influence our political orientations.”8. Fear of outside groups. “This momentous political event illustrates a highly consistent empirical finding—namely that conservative political ideology predicts prejudice against the outside group. As an example, there are a multitude of studies examining racial stereotypes of African Americans in the United States, asking questions like whether blacks are intelligent or unintelligent, or more or less prone to violence. In study after study, conservatives report more negative attitudes and racial stereotypes than liberals.”9. Describes conservatism. “Conservatism, I argue, is a male-centric strategy shaped significantly by the struggle for dominance in within-and-between group mate competitions, while liberalism is a female-centric strategy derived from the protracted demands of rearing human offspring, among other selective pressures.”10. Differences between males and females. “A large volume of research shows that females are generally more concerned with fairness, and males more concerned with dominance hierarchies.” “Conversely, there is evidence to suggest that less empathy among men has fitness benefits, aiding in male mate competition (which is often violent) and in facilitating killing in warfare.”11. Equality versus hierarchy. “A highly consistent empirical finding is that political liberals tend to favor wealth equalization, whereas conservatives tend to favor the economic status quo.”12. Interesting observations. “Thus one critical reason that male bonobos don't wage war on one another, why they can afford to be female oriented, egalitarian, and “liberal,” appears to be that their opulent food supply doesn't force violent competition.”13. Reproductive fitness and its impact. “And since men have more to gain from wealth in terms of reproductive fitness than women, men have a greater evolutionary incentive to prefer economic inequality. Thus the male-dominated, economically competitive orientation of political conservatism reflects a male reproductive strategy.”14. Endocrine system. “As it turns out, suppressing male mate competition is powerfully wired into our endocrine systems. Research has found that olfactory sensitivity to androstenone, a chemical related to testosterone, is related to a preference for social order and social hierarchies. This preference, moreover, is concentrated in those with conservative political ideologies.”15. The politics of sexual control. “Comstock laws endured well into the 1960s. Astonishingly, it was not until 1965 that the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the government to prevent married couples from using birth control, and 1972 when the Court extended this protection to non-married couples.”16. Abortions and the Bible. “While religious convictions are often cited for antiabortion stances, the Bible does not comment on when a fetus achieves personhood, nor decree restrictions on abortion.”17. Germs and conservatism. Who knew? “Germs, in other words, fuel conservatism in women by multiple pathways—encouraging choice of higher-testosterone mates, giving disease-resistant males greater advantage in the mating market, and also by increasing monogamous sexual behavior.”18. The lessons of evolutionary science. “Evolutionary science suggests there is an important lesson to learn here—namely that much of the suffering that humans force on one another, whether oppression or genocide, can be attributed ultimately to male mate competition.”19. Tribalism. “But it is important to remember that religious worship is a tribalistic experience, and tribalism thrives on group consensus.”20. Notes are linked.Negatives:1. Technically speaking the only thing that gives me pause, is the concept of a male versus a female brain. I’ve read enough books to know that this is dangerous territory and given the opportunity I would love to ask the author if that is the case. Positive number 3 makes some reference to that.2. Lack of charts, supplementary material and a separate bibliography.3. Some repetition involved.4. Conservatives might claim a liberal bias.In summary, this is a very good book that examines the political divide based on evolutionary science. Garcia makes good use of science to back his points and provides a unique and welcomed perspective to this hot button issue. The concept of a male versus female brain, gives me some pause but I found Garcia’s conclusions to be reasonable and fair. All said this a very interesting book to read. I recommend it!Further suggestions: “Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression” by the same author, “Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships” by Christopher Ryan, “The Divide” by Matt Taibbi, “Inequality” by Anthony B. Atkinson, “The Economics of Inequality” by Thomas Piketty, “The Great Divide” by Joseph Stiglitz, and “Winner-Take All Politics” by Jacob S. Hacker.

If you're baffled at how good people can see things so differently, this is the book to read. Highly recommended.

I had high hopes for this book but was greatly disappointed by the end of chapter 3. The author relies on male and female stereotypes to convince us that biological differences exist. This has been debunked and is bad science.

I read a review copy last week and couldn't stop turning the pages. It's is hard to describe the breadth and depth of this groundbreaking book but in a nutshell - It is time for we as humans to acknowledge our primate instincts and how they influence our decisions and political behavior. It is a simple idea, with wide-ranging implications. Instinct blindness makes us unaware of how much our primate nature influences us each day. From the more obvious behaviors like eating waaaay too much sugar and the obesity epidemic to the chest thumping sexual behavior of Donald Trump, to women who fawn over the shirtless dictator, Vladimir Putin - The more blind we are to our primate drives and instincts, the less we can make rational decisions in a world that is far bigger than the small troops and tribes of our ancestors. Read this book if you want new understanding of why our politics are so deeply divided. Darrel Ray, Ed.D., author of The God Virus, and Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality

This comprehensive view of political behavior through the lens of evolved mating characteristics challenges the reader to apply the author's theories, which are well supported by numerous studies, in examining common, every day political behaviors of all of the actors including him/herself. If conservatives are the bearers of those genes which fashioned ancestral males into violent aggressive competitors for access to female reproductive opportunity and liberals the bearers of female genes which predispose empathy, compassion and sharing, then how did liberal males, like myself, evolve? The book raises endless questions.

Garcia's scholarship in psychology is apparent in his work, as he cites numerous other similar sources and makes many astute observations himself that--when illustrated in the text--seem to explain everything so obviously. This book really lives up to its sub-title.

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