The gender vendors sex and lies from Abraham to Freud

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Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, ""the seed and the soil"" is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. In Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud, Al Jones de-naturalizes the proto-theory of "seed-and-soil" procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy.;History Matters -- The Psychology of Selling Gender -- Abraham's Seed -- Covering the Field -- The Science of Sex: Aristotle's Seel and Soil -- The Seeds of Christianity -- Burning Desire: The Witch as Female -- The Nineteenth Century: Less Sex, More Lies -- Freud's Fantasy -- The Contemporary Legacy -- Fair's Fair. History Matters -- The Psychology of Selling Gender -- Abraham's Seed -- Covering the Field -- The Science of Sex: Aristotle's Seel and Soil -- The Seeds of Christianity -- Burning Desire: The Witch as Female -- The Nineteenth Century: Less Sex, More Lies -- Freud's Fantasy -- The Contemporary Legacy -- Fair's Fair.