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Maryanne Fisher

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Maryanne Fisher is a psychologist best known for her work on women’s intrasexual competition and applying an evolutionary framework to popular culture.

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Dr. Maryanne Fisher is a full professor in the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. The majority of her research has focused on women’s intrasexual competition for access to, and retention of, mates. Her first noteworthy contribution to evolutionary psychology was an empirical examination of women’s derogation of other women according to ovulatory cycle phase (Fisher 2004). More recently, she has turned her interest towards maternal competition in women. Other significant contributions include examinations of literature and popular culture, including Harlequin romance novels, co-editing Evolution’s Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women (2013), and editing The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition (2017).

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  • Cox, A., & Fisher, M. (2009). The Texas billionaire’s pregnant bride: An evolutionary interpretation of romance fiction titles. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 3, 386–401.

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  • Fisher, M. (2004). Female intrasexual competition decreases female facial attractiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B (Supplemental), 271, S283–S285.

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  • Fisher, M. (2012). Why who shot J.R. matters: Dallas as the pinnacle of human evolutionary television. Review of General Psychology, 16(2), 200–207.

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  • Fisher, M. (2013). Women’s intrasexual competition. In M. Fisher, J. Garcia, & R. Chang (Eds.), Evolution’s Empress: Darwinian perspectives on the nature of women (pp. 19–42). New York: Oxford University Press.

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  • Fisher, M. (2015). Women’s competition for mates: Experimental findings leading to ethological studies. Human Ethology Bulletin, 30, 53–70.

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  • Fisher, M. (Ed.). (2017). The Oxford handbook of women and competition. New York: Oxford University Press.

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  • Fisher, M., & Candea, C. (2012). You ain’t woman enough to take my man: Female intrasexual competition as portrayed in songs. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 6(4), 480–493.

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  • Fisher, M., & Cox, A. (2010). Four strategies used during intrasexual competition for mates. Personal Relationships, 18, 20–38.

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  • Fisher, M., & Meredith, T. (2012). Five frequent topics of Western paintings: An evolutionary perspective. The Evolutionary Review, 3, 116–124.

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  • Fisher, M., & Moule, K. (2013). A new direction for intrasexual competition research: Cooperative versus competitive motherhood. Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology, 7, 318–325.

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  • Fisher, M., & Radtke, S. (2014). Sex differences in the topics of bathroom graffiti. Human Ethology Bulletin, 29(2), 68–81.

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  • Fisher, M., Tran, U., & Voracek, M. (2008). The influence of relationship status, mate seeking and sex on intrasexual competition. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 493–508.

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  • Fisher, M., Garcia, J., & Sokol Chang, R. (Eds.). (2013). Evolution’s empress: Darwinian perspectives on the nature of women. New York: Oxford University Press.

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  • Fisher, M., Burch, R., & Sokol Chang, R. (in press). A theoretical proposal for examining the integration of cooperative and competitive mothering behavior. Human Ethology Bulletin (Vol. 32, p. 6).

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  • Kruger, D., Fisher, M., & Jobling, I. (2003). Proper and dark heroes as dads and cads: Alternative mating strategies in British romantic literature. Human Nature, 14, 305–317.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Maryanne L. Fisher

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  2. Rochester, MI, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

    Valerie G. Starratt

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Fisher, M.L. (2018). Maryanne Fisher. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3190-1

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