The truth about Cinderella : a Darwinian view of parental love

Daly, Martin 1944- (Author). Wilson, Margo. (Added Author).

Summary: "A child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say two scientists in this startling book. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson show that the mistreatment to stepchildren, long a staple of folktales, has a solid basis in fact. Daly and Wilson apply the perspective of evolutionary psychology to investigate why stepparenthood is different from genetic parenthood and why steprelationships succeed or fail." --BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780300080292 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0300080298 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
68 p. ; 19 cm.
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: London : Weidenfelt & Nicolson, 1998.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Folk Tales -- 2. Behaving Like Animals -- 3. Human Stepfamilies -- 4. The Truth about Cinderella -- 5. Parental Priorities -- 6. Cinderella Denied -- 7. Living in Step.