Fleischman is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to donate 10% of their income to the world's most effective charitable organisations.[6]
Fleischman (right) with Geoffrey Miller in 2019
On November 29, 2019, she married fellow American evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller.[7][8] The couple had earlier appeared together in an interview advocating for polyamory.[9] They have one child together, born in spring 2022.[10][11]
Career
Since her postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill,[1][5] Fleischman has been a lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Portsmouth from 2011 to 2020; she is currently on sabbatical.[12] One of her more covered findings in the press is that disgust inhibits sexual arousal in women.[13][14] In addition to academic publications and lectures, she also gives public lectures and writes articles for the layperson.[15][16][17] She argues that eating beef is more ethical than eating chicken because it kills fewer animals per gram of meat.[18]
In August 2020, she started a blog at Psychology Today called How to Train Your Boyfriend, the same title of a book she is writing.[19]
Frequently cited publications
Confer, Jaime C.; Easton, Judith A.; Fleischman, Diana S.; Goetz, Cari D.; Lewis, David M. G.; Perilloux, Carin; Buss, David M. (2010). "Evolutionary psychology: Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations". American Psychologist. 65 (2): 110–126. CiteSeerX10.1.1.601.8691. doi:10.1037/a0018413. ISSN1935-990X. PMID20141266.
Fleischman, D. S. & Fessler, D. M (January 2011). "Progesterone's effects on the psychology of disease avoidance: Support for the compensatory behavioral prophylaxis hypothesis". Hormones and Behavior. 59 (2): 271–275. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.014. ISSN0018-506X. PMID21134378. S2CID27607102.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
