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Unit 6 – Developmental Psychology
Topic 6.7
What explanation might evolutionary psychology provide for why some individuals are transgender?
It argues that being transgender is a mutation without any evolutionary benefit.
Evolutionary psychology does not provide any explanation for transgender identities.
It suggests that being transgender results from external environmental factors only.
It may suggest that gender diversity could have been adaptive in ancient societies, facilitating group survival.
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