Another Meaning of Darwinian Feminism: toward Inclusive Evolutionary Accounts of Sexual Orientations

This letter argues for an understanding of Darwinian feminism that is rooted in the contemporary intersectional feminist theorizing that seeks to represent historically marginalized groups in an inclusive, non-marginalized manner. To this end, a feminist approach to sexual orientation is presented and detailed, with a historical example of such an approach that already existed within behavioral science but that has been lost over time. The feminist approach presented is inclusive of homosexual, bisexual, and other minority sexual orientations alongside heterosexual orientation in a manner that does not posit paradoxes or otherwise marginalizing conceptions. Finally, the importance of such feminist theorizing as a part of the future of evolutionary psychology is discussed.