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Primate research, family politics, and social policy: Transforming "cads" into "dads."

1993; American Psychological Association; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/0893-3200.7.3.267

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Louise B. Silverstein,

Primate Behavior and Ecology

The ideology of fatherhood, as it is defined in Western, industrialized culture, assumes that fathers are biologically predisposed to be relatively uninvolved in infant care. This article summarizes recent revisions of both primate research and sociobiological theory.