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Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1: Introduction
What is Sexual Selection?
Sexual Selection from a Gender Perspective
Theoretical Framework
Epistemology of Ignorance
Situated Knowledges
Materials
Relations to Interviewees and Impact on Knowledge-Making
Outline of the Chapters
References
2: An Early Female Turn in Primate Research
Early Western Primatology
Shifting Perceptions About Females
Females Are Not Coy and Passive
Female Dominance
Changing Methodology
Changing Language
Primate Models for Human Evolution
Female Orgasm
Multiple Feminist Strategies
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Feminist Pioneer in Primatology
Infanticide as a Sexually Selected Reproductive Strategy
Empathy with Females of Other Species
A Male-Biased Field
Male-Biased Responses
Criticizing Ignorance of Females in Evolutionary Biology
Challenging Assumptions About Mothers and Care
A Feminist Pioneer
Meredith Small: Female Primates and Their Power Relations
The Influence of the Study Species
Questioning Prevailing Assumptions About Choosy Females
Experiences of Resistance
Small's Situated Knowledges
Overlooked Females in Anthropology: Man the Hunter and Woman the Gatherer
Japanese Primatology: Early Recognition of Female Power
A Sociological Perspective on Primates and the Human-Animal Continuum
Influence on International Primatology
Anthropomorphism and Empathy
Primatology Politics
Influence of Women, Feminism and Gender-Reflective Approaches on Primatology
Chapter Conclusions
References
3: Turning Appreciation of Female Choice
A Contextual Gender History of Charles Darwin's Sexual Selection
The Darwin-Wallace Debate over Female Choice
The Scientific Community's Response to Sexual Selection
Early Feminist Appreciation and Critique of Sexual Selection
The Eclipse of Sexual Selection
Marginalized Sexual Selection
Bateman's Experiment
Disciplinary Boundaries Affect Knowledge Transfer
Different Versions of Eclipse Narratives
1970s' Forceful Revival of Sexual Selection
Shifting from Group to Individual Selection
Parental Investment Theory
Sociobiology
Malte Andersson-Pioneering Female Choice Studies in Birds
Ending the Female Choice Controversy
State-of-the-Art in Sexual Selection in 1994
Subsequent Research on Female Ornaments
Lack of Resistance to Female Choice
The Modern Development of Sexual Selection
An Expanding Field of Study
Zuleyma Tang-Martínez-Criticizing the Darwin-Bateman Paradigm
Chapter Conclusions
References
4: A Female Turn in Bird Research
"The Polyandry Revolution"
Classical Study Species
Assumptions of Monogamous Females
Technical Innovations
Assumptions of Passive Females
Casting Doubt upon Early Interpretations of Active Females
Shifting Perceptions toward Active Females
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1: Introduction
What is Sexual Selection?
Sexual Selection from a Gender Perspective
Theoretical Framework
Epistemology of Ignorance
Situated Knowledges
Materials
Relations to Interviewees and Impact on Knowledge-Making
Outline of the Chapters
References
2: An Early Female Turn in Primate Research
Early Western Primatology
Shifting Perceptions About Females
Females Are Not Coy and Passive
Female Dominance
Changing Methodology
Changing Language
Primate Models for Human Evolution
Female Orgasm
Multiple Feminist Strategies
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Feminist Pioneer in Primatology
Infanticide as a Sexually Selected Reproductive Strategy
Empathy with Females of Other Species
A Male-Biased Field
Male-Biased Responses
Criticizing Ignorance of Females in Evolutionary Biology
Challenging Assumptions About Mothers and Care
A Feminist Pioneer
Meredith Small: Female Primates and Their Power Relations
The Influence of the Study Species
Questioning Prevailing Assumptions About Choosy Females
Experiences of Resistance
Small's Situated Knowledges
Overlooked Females in Anthropology: Man the Hunter and Woman the Gatherer
Japanese Primatology: Early Recognition of Female Power
A Sociological Perspective on Primates and the Human-Animal Continuum
Influence on International Primatology
Anthropomorphism and Empathy
Primatology Politics
Influence of Women, Feminism and Gender-Reflective Approaches on Primatology
Chapter Conclusions
References
3: Turning Appreciation of Female Choice
A Contextual Gender History of Charles Darwin's Sexual Selection
The Darwin-Wallace Debate over Female Choice
The Scientific Community's Response to Sexual Selection
Early Feminist Appreciation and Critique of Sexual Selection
The Eclipse of Sexual Selection
Marginalized Sexual Selection
Bateman's Experiment
Disciplinary Boundaries Affect Knowledge Transfer
Different Versions of Eclipse Narratives
1970s' Forceful Revival of Sexual Selection
Shifting from Group to Individual Selection
Parental Investment Theory
Sociobiology
Malte Andersson-Pioneering Female Choice Studies in Birds
Ending the Female Choice Controversy
State-of-the-Art in Sexual Selection in 1994
Subsequent Research on Female Ornaments
Lack of Resistance to Female Choice
The Modern Development of Sexual Selection
An Expanding Field of Study
Zuleyma Tang-Martínez-Criticizing the Darwin-Bateman Paradigm
Chapter Conclusions
References
4: A Female Turn in Bird Research
"The Polyandry Revolution"
Classical Study Species
Assumptions of Monogamous Females
Technical Innovations
Assumptions of Passive Females
Casting Doubt upon Early Interpretations of Active Females
Shifting Perceptions toward Active Females