Feminists Need to Look Beyond Evolutionary Psychology for Insights into Human Reproductive Strategies: A Commentary

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 484-490

  Liesen, Laurette T ^a  

^a LEWIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Evolutionary biology; Evolutionary psychology; Feminist evolutionists; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886752930     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0153-3     Document Type: Article

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