@article{ref1,
title="Evolutionary biology and feminism",
journal="Human nature",
year="1992",
author="Gowaty, Patricia Adair",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="217-249",
abstract="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 &quot;Control of Female Reproduction&quot; I demonstrate how insight provided by participation in life as woman and also as a feminist suggests testable hypotheses about the evolution of social behavior--hypotheses that are applicable to our investigations of the evolution of social behavior in nonhuman animals. In the section on &quot;Deceit, Self-deception, and Patriarchal Reversals&quot; I have overtly conceded that evolutionary biology, a scientific discipline, also represents a human cultural practice that, like other human cultural practices, may in parts and at times be characterized by deceit and self-deception. In the section on &quot;Femininity&quot; I have indicated how questions cast and answered and hypotheses tested from an evolutionary perspective can serve women and men struggling with sexist oppression.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1045-6767",
doi="10.1007/BF02692240",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02692240"
}