The Gender Identity Debate
A selection of Quillette essays and interviews examining the cultural, scientific, and legal dimensions of gender identity.
Quillette
· 7 min read
Evolutionary Biology
A collection of 18 posts
The Unwelcome Truth about Rape
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
Peggy Sastre
· 14 min read
How Intrasexual Competition Suppresses Female Fertility with Dr Dani Sulikowski | Quillette Cetera Ep. 54
Behavioural scientist Dr Dani Sulikowski unpacks the evolutionary logic behind women advising other women not to reproduce.
Zoe Booth
· 54 min read
The Problem with Polygyny
Society should favour the tried-and-true norm of monogamous marriage, which is the most fecund arrangement, most likely to produce children in the kind and quantity we need.
Lyman Stone
· 9 min read
Podcast #266: Reading and Writing Science
Iona Italia talks to eminent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins about science, literature, and genetics.
Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Iona Italia
· 23 min read
Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary
Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.
Richard Dawkins
· 12 min read
Of Monkeys and Men
The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 7 min read
Razib Khan Answers My Most Controversial Questions About Genetics: Quillette Cetera Episode 30
A conversation with geneticist and writer Razib Khan.
Zoe Booth, Razib Khan
· 1 min read
The Unexpected Benefits of Artificial Intimacy: Quillette Cetera Episode 21
An interview with evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks about the positive aspects of AI lovers.
Zoe Booth
· 2 min read
Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between
Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a ‘sex spectrum.’
Zachary A. Elliott
· 17 min read
Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time
The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 9 min read
When Animals Shed Their Wings
Worker ants can sprout wings—but don’t. Ant and termite queens destroy theirs after mating. Many island birds evolve into flightlessness. Can evolution explain why?
Richard Dawkins
· 7 min read
Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love)
Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle
Rob Brooks
· 14 min read
Imperial College London’s Cancel Campaign Against Its Own Founders
The connection with the Beit family and its financial generosity has continued almost unbroken since the founding of the College.
Stephen Warren
· 17 min read
Naturally Selective: Female Orgasm and Female Sexual Selection
Female orgasms themselves could, once again, be roughly divided into being located either deep inside or comparatively on the surface.
Robert King
· 9 min read