Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior

As we progress as a species, questions and controversies continue to surround sexuality, monogamy, perceptions of attractiveness, and sexual coercion. Yet no matter how intricate the issues and concepts become, we are still able to find valuable clues in our ancestral legacy.  Evolutionary Perspecti...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Weekes-Shackelford, Viviana A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shackelford, Todd K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Evolutionary Psychology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6
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505 0 |a Section 1: Introduction to Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior -- Evaluating Evidence of Mate Preference Adaptations: How Do We Really Know What Homo sapiens sapiens Really Want? -- Section 2: Sexual Adaptations in Men -- Adaptation and sexual offending -- Sexual selection on human voices -- Agreement and individual differences in men’s preferences for women’s facial characteristics -- Male adaptations to female ovulation -- (Mis)reading the signs: Men’s perception of women’s sexual interest -- Bodily Attractiveness as a Window to Women’s Fertility and Reproductive Value -- Social and environmental conditions intensifying male competition for resources, status, and mates lead to increased male mortality -- Male production of humor produced by sexually selected psychological adaptations -- Male adaptations to retain a mate -- Section 3: Sexual Adaptations in Women -- Evolutionary psychology and rape avoidance -- Female orgasm -- Female adaptations to ovulation -- Women’s preferences for male facial features -- Women’s disgust adaptations -- Female Perceptions of Male Body Movements -- Intrasexual Competition and other Theories of Eating Restriction -- Attractiveness and rivalry in women’s same-sex friendships -- Section 4: Conclusions and Future Directions for Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior -- Evolutionary perspectives on homosexual psychology and behavior -- Reflections on the Evolution of Human Sex Differences: Social Selection and the Evolution of Competition among Women. 
520 |a As we progress as a species, questions and controversies continue to surround sexuality, monogamy, perceptions of attractiveness, and sexual coercion. Yet no matter how intricate the issues and concepts become, we are still able to find valuable clues in our ancestral legacy.  Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior offers a wealth of current theories and findings on the complex psychological adaptations that drive our strategies for selecting and retaining a partner. Groundbreaking studies examine sex differences and similarities in sex-related human behavior while providing object lessons in how evolutionary psychology is practiced and where the field is heading. Contributors present intriguing evidence for mate selection influencing the evolution of men's and women's voices, female orgasm, and men's use of humor, and explore emerging areas of evolutionary interest such as same-sex attraction. This interdisciplinary coverage has wide-ranging implications for sexual well-being as well as mental and general health. Among the featured topics:  Evaluating evidence of mate preference adaptations: how do we really know what Homo sapiens sapiens really want? Sexual adaptation and sexual offending. (Mis)reading the signs: men’s perception of women’s sexual interest. Female perceptions of male body movements. Intrasexual competition and other theories of eating restriction. Social selection and the evolution of competition among women. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior will appeal to evolutionary scientists across different disciplines of the academy among faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students interested in sexuality. This volume makes a useful supplementary text in various upper-level undergraduate courses and in graduate courses that address sexuality. 
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