Introduction to Evolution’s Empress

Fisher, Maryanne L.; Chang, Rosemarie Sokol; Garcia, Justin R.

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“…Exploration of women's role in evolution and a revision of the traditional male-dominated understanding of female adaptive issues is just beginning. Maryanne Fisher and her colleagues' book on Darwinian feminism (Fisher, Sokol Chang, & Garcia, 2013), as well as this special issue in the intersection of feminism and evolutionary theory, are important steps towards this goal.…”

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The feminine touch in the shaping of modern evolutionary theory.

Fernández¹

2013

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology

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This overview of women's contribution to evolutionary thought reflects on a few of the groundbreaking ethologists, anthropologists, and psychologists that prominently contributed and continue to influence my own understanding of evolutionary psychology. Inspired by the highly popular account of Fossey's fieldwork on the social behavior of gorillas, an overview of women studying relevant feminine adaptive issues as well as an account of women interpreting evolutionary theory from a feminine view are briefly presented. This review reveals that the challenge of introducing a feminine touch to evolutionary psychology is just beginning and promises to lead to an integrative view of the field with women in mind.

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The feminine touch in the shaping of modern evolutionary theory.

Fernández¹

2013

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology

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“…Vicious insults are often hurled at women who are perceived as failing to live up to the status of sexual modesty, including “slut” and “whore” (Tanenbaum, 2000). Indeed, women's intrasexual competition may be as intense as men's, although it is often more difficult to quantify because it is rarely so obvious or overt as is men's (see Fisher, Garcia, & Sokol Chang, 2013)…”

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Eastwood's Brawn and Einstein's Brain: An Evolutionary Account of Dominance, Prestige, and Precarious Manhood

Winegard

Geary

2014

Review of General Psychology

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Researchers have theorized that manhood is a precarious social status that requires effort to achieve. Because of this, men whose manhood is threatened react with a variety of compensatory behaviors and cognitions such as aggression, support for hierarchy, low tolerance for homosexuality, and support for war. In the following article, we argue that the precarious status of manhood is a result of evolutionary propensities and cultural forces. Specifically, men evolved in dominance hierarchies and therefore, display honest signals of strength and vigor to dissuade other men from fighting them. However, men also evolved in large, prestige-based coalitions and compete against each other to display traits that enhance a coalition. These traits can vary from physical prowess and aggression to intelligence and empathy. As culture becomes more pluralistic and modernized, traditional notions of manhood become less important and alternative avenues for achieving status become available.

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“…On the other hand, though, we admit that there will be a limit to the convergence in the perspectives of feminists and evolutionary scholars when feminists assume cultural determinism, reject the scientific method, and embrace relativism. As Fisher, Chang and Garcia (2013) review, two of the biggest obstacles to the integration of the two areas are the naturalistic fallacy of conflating an understanding of what “is” with what “ought” to be, and the politics of studying sex differences. Although outside the scope of this letter, scholars should be aware of these obstacles.…”

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“…Fisher, Chang, and Garcia (2013) argue that “evolutionary behavioral research has been misled due to assumptions of women as docile in mating, and has too often neglected topics such as mothering, female alliances, female aggression, female physiology, female intrasexual competition, and women's role in human evolution at large. When these topics are examined, they are often viewed in terms of how they affect women, rather than human evolution overall” (p. 2).…”

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A framework for integrating evolutionary and feminist perspectives in psychological research.

Kruger¹,

Fisher²,

Wright³

2013

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology

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There is growing interest in a feminist perspective on evolutionary research, yet no clear consensus on exactly what this viewpoint entails. We present a framework with three core components for the purpose of generating a constructive dialogue regarding this approach: 1) Think critically about sex and gender, and do not adopt assumptions, regardless of the source, without supportive evidence; 2) Explicitly recognize females as active agents in evolutionary processes; 3) Explicitly recognize women as active agents in human dynamics, including those related to inter-sexual selection and intra-sexual competition. Adoption of these principles may help advance understanding across disciplines, though there may be some feminists and even some evolutionary researchers who will balk at some or all of these principles.

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Introduction to Evolution’s Empress

Cited by 7 publications

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The feminine touch in the shaping of modern evolutionary theory.

The feminine touch in the shaping of modern evolutionary theory.

Eastwood's Brawn and Einstein's Brain: An Evolutionary Account of Dominance, Prestige, and Precarious Manhood

A framework for integrating evolutionary and feminist perspectives in psychological research.

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