Overviews research studies dealing with the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of menstruation and its relationship to mood, task performance, and sexual performance. Includes a discussion of research dealing with women suffering from mental health problems. (MK)

Theories of biological and evolutionary determinism, recently revived as sociobiology, suffer from several difficulties, each of which involves some use of unproven assumptions and omissions of unwelcome data in theory construction. Male investigators tend to view animal behavior in the light and language of their own experiences, values, and…

The assumptions that biological differences between the sexes are universal, inevitable, and desirable, and that they justify the social inequality of the sexes, were examined. It was suggested that feminists base demands to remedy this imbalance on the proposition that sex differences are due to both nurture and nature. (Author/KR)

Theories of biological determinism in relation to sex role differences are examined for their scientific merit and for their possible political impact. The study of the biological basis of behavior by evolutionary principles is highlighted as a typical scientifically flawed theory, and propaganda in defense of the status quo. (Author/KR)

Justification of male dominance in society has been based frequently on findings in biobehavioral sciences, especially the science of animal groups. The natural and social sciences must be remade and forged in a dialectical understanding of social relations that is not based on domination. (Author/KR)

Describes the origin and development of the variability hypothesis as applied to the study of social and psychological sex differences. Explores changes in the hypothesis over time, social and scientific factors that fostered its acceptance, and possible parallels between the variability hypothesis and contemporary theories of sex differences.…

Alice Rossi's 1977 article, "A Biosocial Perspective on Parenting," considered relationships among biology, the family, other social structures, and feminism. In this article, Rossi, together with a panel of sociologists and psychologists researching dimensions of physiological/psychological links to behavior, comment on the original…