Population differences in susceptibility to AIDS: An evolutionary analysis

Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa

“…I also examined how the advent of AIDS has provoked a reinterpretation of the impact of certain sexual cultural practices, which have now been labeled 'risky' or harmful. Some studies carried out have used culture as an explanation for high-risk behaviour, which can lead to HIV infection (rushton and Bogaert 1989;rushing 1995;Caldwell et al 1989). However, this research shows that targeting specific population groups as opposed to addressing gender inequalities and issues of sexual power to a general population can be ineffective and misleading.…”

Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa

“…I also examined how the advent of AIDS has provoked a reinterpretation of the impact of certain sexual cultural practices, which have now been labeled 'risky' or harmful. Some studies carried out have used culture as an explanation for high-risk behaviour, which can lead to HIV infection (rushton and Bogaert 1989;rushing 1995;Caldwell et al 1989). However, this research shows that targeting specific population groups as opposed to addressing gender inequalities and issues of sexual power to a general population can be ineffective and misleading.…”

Gender-as-Knowledge and AIDS in Africa: A Cautionary Tale

“…The most egregious example I am aware of is the work of Philippe Rushton, the Canadian academic, who argues on the basis of population genetics that "populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape and unintended pregnancy and to more sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS" (Rushton and Bogaert 1989). Remarkably enough, Rushton and Bogaert's work was published in Social Science and Medicine, the leading mainstream 10 academic journal in the field, rather than a fringe mouthpiece.…”

Why mainstream research will not end scientific racism in psychology

“…Discussing his 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair data, leading psychologist Robert S. Woodworth (1910) declared that comparing “negro” and “White” brain weights “partakes not a little of the ludicrous” (p. 172), but 103 years later, Jensen (2013) and others praised Rushton’s work on racial differences in brain size and their relationship to intelligence. The early 1900s image of the savage Black rapist constructed in scientific literature, popular literature, and film was revived in Rushton and Bogaert’s (1989) claim that “populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape” (p. 1211). The very old and vicious stereotypes of Black male anatomy reappeared in Lynn’s (2013) survey of penis size across many nations, employed to support a pseudo-evolutionary explanation of racial differences in crime and “social organization.” Natural selection by “cold winters” in Europe versus “easy living” in Africa was an explanation for alleged European intellectual superiority used by early 20th-century Nordicists.…”

Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa

“…I also examined how the advent of AIDS has provoked a reinterpretation of the impact of certain sexual cultural practices, which have now been labeled 'risky' or harmful. Some studies carried out have used culture as an explanation for high-risk behaviour, which can lead to HIV infection (rushton and Bogaert 1989;rushing 1995;Caldwell et al 1989). However, this research shows that targeting specific population groups as opposed to addressing gender inequalities and issues of sexual power to a general population can be ineffective and misleading.…”

Gender-as-Knowledge and AIDS in Africa: A Cautionary Tale

“…The most egregious example I am aware of is the work of Philippe Rushton, the Canadian academic, who argues on the basis of population genetics that "populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape and unintended pregnancy and to more sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS" (Rushton and Bogaert 1989). Remarkably enough, Rushton and Bogaert's work was published in Social Science and Medicine, the leading mainstream 10 academic journal in the field, rather than a fringe mouthpiece.…”

Why mainstream research will not end scientific racism in psychology

“…Discussing his 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair data, leading psychologist Robert S. Woodworth (1910) declared that comparing “negro” and “White” brain weights “partakes not a little of the ludicrous” (p. 172), but 103 years later, Jensen (2013) and others praised Rushton’s work on racial differences in brain size and their relationship to intelligence. The early 1900s image of the savage Black rapist constructed in scientific literature, popular literature, and film was revived in Rushton and Bogaert’s (1989) claim that “populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape” (p. 1211). The very old and vicious stereotypes of Black male anatomy reappeared in Lynn’s (2013) survey of penis size across many nations, employed to support a pseudo-evolutionary explanation of racial differences in crime and “social organization.” Natural selection by “cold winters” in Europe versus “easy living” in Africa was an explanation for alleged European intellectual superiority used by early 20th-century Nordicists.…”

Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa

“…I also examined how the advent of AIDS has provoked a reinterpretation of the impact of certain sexual cultural practices, which have now been labeled 'risky' or harmful. Some studies carried out have used culture as an explanation for high-risk behaviour, which can lead to HIV infection (rushton and Bogaert 1989;rushing 1995;Caldwell et al 1989). However, this research shows that targeting specific population groups as opposed to addressing gender inequalities and issues of sexual power to a general population can be ineffective and misleading.…”

Gender-as-Knowledge and AIDS in Africa: A Cautionary Tale

“…The most egregious example I am aware of is the work of Philippe Rushton, the Canadian academic, who argues on the basis of population genetics that "populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape and unintended pregnancy and to more sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS" (Rushton and Bogaert 1989). Remarkably enough, Rushton and Bogaert's work was published in Social Science and Medicine, the leading mainstream 10 academic journal in the field, rather than a fringe mouthpiece.…”

Why mainstream research will not end scientific racism in psychology

“…Discussing his 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair data, leading psychologist Robert S. Woodworth (1910) declared that comparing “negro” and “White” brain weights “partakes not a little of the ludicrous” (p. 172), but 103 years later, Jensen (2013) and others praised Rushton’s work on racial differences in brain size and their relationship to intelligence. The early 1900s image of the savage Black rapist constructed in scientific literature, popular literature, and film was revived in Rushton and Bogaert’s (1989) claim that “populations of African ancestry are inclined to a greater frequency of uninhibited disorders such as rape” (p. 1211). The very old and vicious stereotypes of Black male anatomy reappeared in Lynn’s (2013) survey of penis size across many nations, employed to support a pseudo-evolutionary explanation of racial differences in crime and “social organization.” Natural selection by “cold winters” in Europe versus “easy living” in Africa was an explanation for alleged European intellectual superiority used by early 20th-century Nordicists.…”