Evolutionary biology and feminism
@article{Gowaty1992EvolutionaryBA, title={Evolutionary biology and feminism}, author={Patricia Adair Gowaty}, journal={Human Nature}, year={1992}, volume={3}, pages={217-249} }
Evolutionary biology and feminism share a variety of philosophical and practical concerns. I have tried to describe how a perspective from both evolutionary biology and feminism can accelerate the achievement of goals for both feminists and evolutionary biologists. In an early section of this paper I discuss the importance of variation to the disciplines of evolutionary biology and feminism. In the section entitled “Control of Female Reproduction” I demonstrate how insight provided by…
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