Buffalo Law Review Volume 49 Number 1 Article 4 1-1-2001 Women at War: An Evolutionary Perspective Kingsley R. Browne Wayne State University Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview Part of the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Kingsley R. Browne, Women at War: An Evolutionary Perspective, 49 Buff. L. Rev. 51 (2001). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview/vol49/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buffalo Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Women at War: An Evolutionary Perspective KTNGSLEY R. BROWNEt TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................... 53 I. Policies Regarding Women in Combat Should Be Subjected to a Cost-Benefit Analysis ...................... 58 A. Current Policy .................................................... 58 B. A Cost-Benefit Analysis ...................................... 60 II. The Nature of Warfare ............................................... 64 A. Primitive Warfare: The "Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation" of the Male W arrior ................................................................ 64 B. The Nature of Modern Combat ......... ........ 66 III. Sex Differences in Evolutionary Perspective