The Skeleton Key

Survival of a species can be sub-divided into two main categories thatdetermine everything. These categories simply put are food and sex; or theneed for all species to consume and reproduce. When political theorists focuson a problem they focus on the consumption variable in its various forms asit relates to civilization like poverty. Very few focus on the need for a speciesto reproduce in order to survive or that reproduction is politically important.Gender Relations can be used in a new way to study mating systems acrossthe planet and can formulate a theory that unlocks the mysteries of politicalphenomenon.This book seeks the answer to one fundamental question: Under whatconditions will sub-state actors turn to political violence or terrorism?Combining social science research in various fields of study includingarcheology anthropology history political science psychology andsociology this book develops a unique approach that attributes thedevelopment of political discourse to changes within a gendered system.Unlike previous theories of terrorism that connect discourse toauthoritarianism brainwashing or inequalities in economics gender relationsare argued to be the essential key between war and peace. Utilizing bothquantitative and qualitative evidence this study aims to demonstrate theexistence of a correlation between terrorism and gender relations.