Male sexual jealousy

Daly, Martin; Wilson, Margo; Weghorst, Suzanne

doi:10.1016/0162-3095(82)90027-9

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“…This holds that men always run the risk of devoting time and resources to rearing offspring that may not be their own. Since this would be highly maladaptive, counter-measures have evolved in men, as they have in the males of other mammals (Daly & Wilson, 1980, 1988, Daly, Wilson, & Weghorst, 19821992. Among these measures are male sexual jealousy and the motive to control their female partner's behavior, associated with a proprietary male mindset.…”

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Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence

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Graham‐Kevan

Archer

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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The aim of this study was to test predictions from the male control theory of intimate partner violence (IPV) and Johnson's [Johnson, M. P. (1995). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 282-294] typology. A student sample (N ¼ 1,104) reported on their use of physical aggression and controlling behavior, to partners and to same-sex non-intimates. Contrary to the male control theory, women were found to be more physically aggressive to their partners than men were, and the reverse pattern was found for aggression to same-sex non-intimates. Furthermore, there were no substantial sex differences in controlling behavior, which significantly predicted physical aggression in both sexes. IPV was found to be associated with physical aggression to same-sex nonintimates, thereby demonstrating a link with aggression outside the family. Using Johnson's typology, women were more likely than men to be classed as "intimate terrorists," which was counter to earlier findings. Overall, these results do not support the male control theory of IPV. Instead, they fit the view that IPV does not have a special etiology, and is better studied within the context of other forms of aggression. Aggr. Behav. 40:42-55, 2014.

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Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence

Bates

Graham‐Kevan

Archer

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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“…These factors may modulate T responses. These factors also may modulate the outcomes of jealousy, given that jealousy can lead to a range of behavioral responses including upregulating relationship effort or increasing motivations for perpetrating violence (Daly et al 1982;Puente and Cohen 2003;Tarrier et al 1990). Characterizing the role these factors play in hormonal and behavioral responses to jealousy can provide new insights into the antecedents and sequelae of jealousy.…”

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There’s Jealousy…and Then There’s Jealousy: Differential Effects of Jealousy on Testosterone

Ritchie

Anders

2015

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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Jealousy evokes strong psychological responses, but little is known about physiological effects. This study investigated whether actively thinking about a jealousy-provoking situation would result in a testosterone (T) response, and what factors might mediate this effect. We examined T responses to imagining one's partner engaging in one of three activities: a neutral conversation with a co-worker, a flirtatious conversation with an attractive person, or a passionate kiss with an attractive person. Women in the flirting condition experienced a significantly larger increase in T relative to those in the neutral condition; the kissing condition was intermediate. In men, there were no significant effects of jealousy condition on T. These findings are consistent with the Steroid/Peptide Theory of Social Bonds, such that the flirting condition elicited a 'competitive' T response, and the kissing condition elicited responses consistent with defeat.

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“…In addition to creating a resource over which females compete, human paternal investment results in extensive costs to males who have been cuckolded (Daly et al 1982;Geary 1998). It has been hypothesized that these reproductive dynamics resulted in the evolution of a sex difference in the pattern of relationship jealousy (Buss et al 1992;Daly et al 1982;Symons 1979). To reduce cuckoldry risk and thus increase the likelihood that parental efforts will be directed toward one's biological offspring, an evolved sensitivity of males to a partner's sexual infidelity has been hypothesized.…”

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Estrogens and relationship jealousy

Geary

DeSoto

Hoard

et al. 2001

Hum Nat

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The relation between sex hormones and responses to partner infidelity was explored in two studies reported here. The first confirmed the standard sex difference in relationship jealousy, that males (n = 133) are relatively more distressed by a partner's sexual infidelity and females (n=159) by a partner's emotional infidelity. The study also revealed that females using hormone-based birth control (n = 61) tended more toward sexual jealousy than did other females, and reported more intense affective responses to partner infidelity (n = 77). In study two, 47 females were assessed four times across one month. Patterns of response to partner infidelity did not vary by week of menstrual cycle, but significant relations between salivary estradiol level and jealousy responses were obtained during the time of rising and high fertility risk. The implications, at least for females, are that any evolved psychological, affective, or behavioral dispositions regarding reproduction-related relationships are potentially moderated by estradiol, and that the use of synthetic hormones may disrupt this relation.

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Male sexual jealousy

Cited by 827 publications

References 24 publications

Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence

Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence

There’s Jealousy…and Then There’s Jealousy: Differential Effects of Jealousy on Testosterone

Estrogens and relationship jealousy

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