Evolutionary psychology is compatible with equity feminism, but not with gender feminism: A reply to Eagly and Wood (2011)

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Kuhle, Barry X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosocial constructionist evolutionary theory; Darwinian feminism; Equity feminism; Evolutionary psychology; Gender feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857883371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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