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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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Against our will: Men, women, and rape

Eric I.B. Beller
- 01 Jan 1978 - 
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A Critical Examination of Popular Assumptions About the Benefits and Outcomes of Monogamous Relationships

Terri D. Conley, +4 more
- 01 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is concluded that evidence for the benefits of monogamy relative to other relationship styles is currently lacking, suggesting that, for those who choose it, consensual non-monogamy may be a viable alternative to monogamy.
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Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach (4th ed.).

Donald A. Dewsbury
- 01 Jan 1989 - 
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Can evolutionary principles explain patterns of family violence

John Archer
- 01 Mar 2013 - 
TL;DR: The article's aim is to evaluate the application of the evolutionary principles of kin selection, reproductive value, and resource holding power to the understanding of family violence and concludes that most of the evidence is consistent with evolutionary predictions derived from kin selection and reproductive value.
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Women's aggression

Catharine P. Cross, +1 more
- 01 Sep 2011 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that a more complete understanding of women's aggression requires acknowledging that women's relative restraint with regard to aggression is itself an adaptation; researching in more depth the fear-reducing effects of oxytocin and how these might operate in intimate partnerships; and considering more fully how cultural and biological factors might interact.
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Men's Sexual Aggression in Marriage Couples' Reports

Shannon-Lee Meyer, +2 more
- 01 Aug 1998 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated husbands' sexual aggression in marriage through both spouses' reports and found that husbands' Sexual Coercion was associated with their psychological aggression, whereas Husbands' Threatened/Forced Sex was related to moderate and severe physical aggression.
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Men’s Partner-Directed Insults and Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships

Valerie G. Starratt, +4 more
- 08 Feb 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between men's use of partner-directed insults and sexually coercive behaviors in the context of intimate relationships and found that insults derogating a partner's value as a person and accusing a partner of sexual infidelity were most useful in predicting sexual coercion.
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Psychological and physiological adaptations to sperm competition in humans

Todd K. Shackelford, +2 more
- 01 Sep 2005 - 
TL;DR: The authors consider, using evidence from contemporary societies, whether sperm competition is likely to have been a significant adaptive problem for ancestral humans and examine the evidence suggesting that human males have physiological and psychological mechanisms that allow for “prudent” sperm allocation in response to variations in the risk of sperm competition.
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The Utility of the Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy in Ethology

John Alcock, +1 more
- 26 Apr 2010 - 
TL;DR: It is defended the organizing principle that there are fundamentally different levels of analysis in biology, notably proximate and ultimate, and acceptance of this dichotomy does not imply that ultimate questions are of greater importance than those dealing with proximate mechanisms.
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Partner Killing by Men in Cohabiting and Marital Relationships A Comparative, Cross-National Analysis of Data From Australia and the United States

Todd K. Shackelford, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2005 - 
TL;DR: A national-level database that includes information on more than 4,400 homicides that occurred in Australia between 1989 and 2002 replicated key patterns with the Australian data, finding middle-aged women were at greatest risk of uxoricide.
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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.