The Gender Identity Debate
A selection of Quillette essays and interviews examining the cultural, scientific, and legal dimensions of gender identity.
Quillette
· 6 min read
Evolutionary Psychology
A collection of 31 posts
The Thornhill and Palmer Affair: When Evolutionary Biology Challenged Rape Orthodoxy
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.
Zoe Booth, Peggy Sastre
· 8 min read
“Nothing Is to Be Feared. Everything Is to Be Understood.”
An interview with Peggy Sastre.
Claire Lehmann
· 14 min read
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
What Is the Evolutionary Purpose of Female Orgasm? with Robert King | Quillette Cetera Ep. 56
Evolutionary psychologist Robert King joins Quillette to discuss the science of female orgasm, human sexual behaviour, and insights from his book Naturally Selective.
Zoe Booth, Robert King
· 28 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
Podcast #300: The Modular Mind
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to evolutionary psychologist Rob Kurzban about his book 'Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind.'
Quillette
· 56 min read
Podcast #279: How Accurate Is ‘Adolescence’?
Iona Italia talks to William Costello, an evolutionary psychologist whose work focuses on incels, about what the Netflix series 'Adolescence' gets right and wrong about this group.
Quillette, William Costello
· 51 min read
Podcast #272: The Great Divergence
Iona Italia talks to evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary about why he believes evolved differences between the sexes have been growing more salient in western societies.
Quillette, David C. Geary
· 24 min read
Sage of Sex and Psyche
Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024).
Steven Pinker
· 12 min read
Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello
Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.
Helen Pluckrose
· 17 min read
Evolved Brains in Evolved Bodies
Human populations differ in psychological as well as physical traits.
Patrick Whittle
· 10 min read
Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania
In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Of Monkeys and Men
The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 7 min read
Why Do Men Dominate Chess?
FIDE’s new policy governing who can compete in women’s categories highlights the persistent sex imbalance at the game’s elite levels.
Carole Hooven
· 27 min read