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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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Testing the Cuckoldry Risk Hypothesis of Partner Sexual Coercion in Community and Forensic Samples

Joseph A. Camilleri, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the cuckoldry risk hypothesis is applied to the analysis of sexual coercion within established couples, but it has not yet been applied to male sexual coercion in heterosexual relationships.
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Proximate and ultimate explanations are required for a comprehensive understanding of partner rape

Aaron T. Goetz, +2 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the complementarity of proximate and ultimate levels of analysis when studying men's sexual coercion of their intimate partners and highlight the importance of integrating multiple levels of analyses.
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Ethyl 4-Methyl Heptanoate: A Male-Produced Pheromone of Nicrophorus vespilloides

Wolf Haberer, +4 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: Results of a study in which volatile chemicals released by calling Nicrophorus vespilloides were collected by solid-phase microextraction and analyzed by using coupled gas chromatography–mass spectrometry revealed that ethyl 4-methyl heptanoate and (E)-geranylacetone are emitted by males that engage in the behavior.
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The Elevated Risk for Violence Against Cohabiting Women A Comparison of Three Nationally Representative Surveys of Canada

Douglas A. Brownridge
- 01 Jul 2008 - 
TL;DR: Results suggested that rates of violence in cohabiting and marital unions should eventually converge, and predicted that persons who cohabited remained a select group and several relationship differences persisted.
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Behaviour of unpaired male black ducks (Anas rubripes) during the breeding season in a Nova Scotia tidal marsh

Norman R. Seymour, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1979 - 
TL;DR: Behaviour of unpaired male black ducks throughout the breeding season was studied for 3 years in the marsh of a tidal estuary near Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
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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.