This unique book demonstrates how sexual conflict manifests before, during, and after mating, helping readers learn about sexual conflict on both the micro and macro levels... it is chock full of research.

Doody's Review

This book is highly readable and very comprehensive, and can serve as a reference book. It is packed with references and is characterized thoroughly evidence-based content. It is a book for those interested in sexual issues and who want research-based facts about this particular topic.

Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, Feb 2013

Sexual conflict -- what happens when the reproductive interests of males and females diverge -- occurs in all sexually reproducing species, including humans. The Oxford Handbook of Sexual Conflict in Humans is the first volume to assemble the latest theoretical and empirical work on sexual conflict in humans from the leading scholars in the fields of evolutionary psychology and anthropology. Following an introductory section that outlines theory and research on sexual conflict in humans and non-humans, ensuing sections discuss human sexual conflict and its manifestations before and during mating. Chapters in these sections address a range of factors topics and factors, including: - Sexual coercion, jealousy, and partner violence and killing - The ovulatory cycle, female orgasm, and sperm competition - Chemical warfare between ejaculates and female reproductive tracts Chapters in the next section address issues of sexual conflict after the birth of a child. These chapters address sexual conflict as a function of the local sex ratio, men's functional (if unconscious) concern with paternal resemblance to a child, men's reluctance to pay child support, and mate expulsion as a tactic to end a relationship. The handbook's concluding section includes a chapter that considers the impact of sexual conflict on a grander scale, notably on cultural, political, and religious systems. Addressing sexual conflict at its molecular and macroscopic levels, The Oxford Handbook of Sexual Conflict in Humans is a fascinating resource for the study of intersexual behavior.
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Sexual conflict - what happens when the reproductive interests of males and females diverge - occurs in all sexually reproducing species, including humans. This is the first volume to assemble the latest theoretical and empirical work on sexual conflict in humans from the leading scholars in the fields of evolutionary psychology and anthropology.
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Contents ; Part One: Introduction to Sexual Conflict ; 1. Sexual Conflict in Humans ; Todd K. Shackelford, Aaron T. Goetz, James R. Liddle, and Lance S. Bush ; 2. Sexual Conflict in Non-human Animals ; Joris M. Koene ; Part Two: Sexual Conflict prior to Mating ; 3. Integrating Social Exchange and Sexual Selection Theory in the Study of Mating Interactions ; Charles Crawford and Catherine Salmon ; 4. Sexual Conflict in Mating Strategies ; Norman P. Li, Oliver Sng, and Peter K. Jonason ; 5. Intimate Partner Violence and Life History Strategy ; Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Paul Robert Gladden, and Connie J. A. Beck ; 6. Sexual Conflict and Sexual Coercion in Comparative Evolutionary Perspective ; Melissa Emery Thompson and Louis C. Alvarado ; 7. Romantic Jealousy and Sexual Conflict ; Achim Schutzwohl ; 8. When Intersexual Conflict Leads to Intrasexual Competition: ; The Reproductive Suppression Hypothesis ; Catherine Salmon and Charles Crawford ; 9. It's Not All Conflict: Relationship Maintenance Psychology ; Jennifer Leo, Saul L. Miller, and Jon K. Maner ; Part Three: Sexual Conflict during Mating ; 10. Sexual Conflict and the Ovulatory Cycle ; Benedict C. Jones, Lisa M. DeBruine, Anthony C. Little, and David R. Feinberg ; 11. Is Female Orgasm a Covert Mate Choice Mechanism? ; David A. Puts and Khytam Dawood ; 12. Sperm Competition and Sexual Conflict ; William F. McKibbin ; 13. Sexual Conflict, Infidelity, and Vaginal/Semen Chemistry ; Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., Rebecca L. Burch, and Loni R. Petricone ; 14. Sexual Motivation in Mateships and Sexual Conflict ; Dietrich Klusmann and Wolfgang Berner ; 15. Sexual Conflict and Partner Rape ; Joseph A. Camilleri and Vernon L. Quinsey ; 16. Sexual Conflict in Mateships: From Mate-Retention to Murder ; Farnaz Kaighobadi, Todd K. Shackelford, and Aaron T. Goetz ; Part Four: Sexual Conflict after Conception ; 17. Sexual Conflict and the Operational Sex Ratio ; Daniel J. Kruger and Carey J. Fitzgerald ; 18. Sexual Conflict and Paternal Resemblance: Insight from Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience ; Steven M. Platek and J. Ryan Porter ; 19. Deadbeat Dads: Evolutionary Perspectives on Providing Child Support ; Todd K. Shackelford, Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, David P. Schmitt, and Catherine Salmon ; 20. Mate Expulsion and Sexual Conflict ; T. Joel Wade ; Part Five: Conclusion ; 21. Spheres of Sexual Conflict ; Gregory Gorelik and Todd K. Shackelford
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"This unique book demonstrates how sexual conflict manifests before, during, and after mating, helping readers learn about sexual conflict on both the micro and macro levels." -- DOODY'S "This book may be useful for specific audiences. Teachers of the psychology of women might find this book useful when addressing violence against women as well as intimate heterosexual relationships. Feminist educators may want to compare or contrast evolutionary perspectives with feminist perspectives on gendered violence and interpersonal relationships." -- Sex Roles
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Selling point: The first volume to bring together wide-ranging theoretical and empirical work addressing sexual conflict in humans. Selling point: Includes new findings and theoretical advances that would interest comparative, evolutionary, cognitive, and developmental psychologists, as well as biologists, zoologists, anthropologists, and ecologists. Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series.
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Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Psychology, Oakland University. Aaron T. Goetz, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton.
Selling point: The first volume to bring together wide-ranging theoretical and empirical work addressing sexual conflict in humans. Selling point: Includes new findings and theoretical advances that would interest comparative, evolutionary, cognitive, and developmental psychologists, as well as biologists, zoologists, anthropologists, and ecologists. Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195396706
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
839 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
183 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Biografisk notat

Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Psychology, Oakland University. Aaron T. Goetz, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton.