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Feminism and Evolutionary Theory
Book Description
The relationship between feminism and the biological sciences has always been
particularly tense and hostile. Feminists have been inclined not to trust what
scientists had to say about the sexes, with science often being pronounced a
white, male enterprise. But why should feminism and the biological sciences
remain at odds? And what might be gained from a reconciliation? In Who's Afraid
of Charles Darwin? Griet Vandermassen shows that, rather than continuing this
enmity, feminism and the biological sciences, and in particular evolutionary
psychology, have the potential and the need to become powerful allies. Properly
understood, the Darwinian perspective proposed in this volume will become essential
to tackling the major issues in feminism.