Addressing Conceptual Confusions About Evolutionary Theorizing: How and Why Evolutionary Psychology and Feminism Do Not Oppose Each Other

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 491-502

  Tate, Charlotte Chuck ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Feminism; Meta theories; Philosophy of science; Sexual strategies theory; Stepwise contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886748418     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0226-3     Document Type: Article

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