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Punishment, proprietariness, and paternity : Men's violence against women from an evolutionary perspective

Aaron T. Goetz, +4 more
- 01 Nov 2008 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 6, pp 481-489
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In this article, the authors use an evolutionary perspective to examine intimate partner violence, focusing on men's violence against women, and they argue that the recurring adaptive problem of paternity uncertainty plays a central role in domestic violence, and physical violence functions to punish and deter female sexual infidelity.
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This article is published in Aggression and Violent Behavior.The article was published on 2008-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Domestic violence & Sexual violence.

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Perceived risk of female infidelity moderates the relationship between men’s personality and partner-directed violence

Farnaz Kaighobadi, +5 more
- 01 Dec 2009 - 
TL;DR: Men's personality traits interact with men's perceived risk of partner's infidelity to predict men's partner-directed violence as discussed by the authors, finding that men with lower emotional stability, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are more likely to commit partner infidelity.
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Insecure romantic attachment dimensions and frequency of mate retention behaviors

Nicole Barbaro, +3 more
- 01 Sep 2016 - 
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The evolution of female same-sex attractions: The weak selection pressures hypothesis.

Menelaos Apostolou
- 01 Oct 2016 - 
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Intimate Partner Violence and Life History Strategy

Aurelio José Figueredo, +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a cross-disciplinary integration based on the inclusive framework provided by life history theory and a wide array of empirical evidence is provided in support of this view as the most inclusive and integrative framework currently available.
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Anticipated Partner Infidelity and Men's Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediating Role of Anxiety

Steven Arnocky, +3 more
- 01 Jan 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored whether anxiety mediated links between anticipated partner infidelity and men's intimate partner violence, and found that anxiety mediated relationships between expectation of infidelity, physical aggression, partner injury, psychological aggression, and sexual aggression toward a partner.
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Birds of the Western Palearctic

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Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects

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Sexual selection and the descent of man, 1871-1971

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TL;DR: In the first full discussion of sexual selection since 1871, leading biologists brought modern genetic theory and behavior observation to bear on the subject as mentioned in this paper, and the result is a remarkably original and well-rounded view of the whole concept that will be invaluable especially to students of evolution and human sexual behavior.
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Q1. What contributions have the authors mentioned in the paper "Intimate partner violence—p. 1 [in press, aggression and violent behavior, july 2008] punishment, proprietariness, and paternity: men’s violence against women from an evolutionary perspective" ?

In this article, the authors use an evolutionary perspective to examine intimate partner violence, focusing on men ’ s violence against women.