Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics PDF
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This page intentionally left blank Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty Althoughitiscommonlybelievedthatmalesaremorepromiscuousthan females,newresearchhasrevealedthefrequencyoffemaleinfidelity andtheconsequencesofsuchbehavior.Becausemalescannotbecertainof thepaternityoftheirputativeoffspring,maleshaveevolvedanumberof anti-cuckoldrystrategiestodealwiththepotentialpossibilityofraisingan offspringtheyunknowinglydidnotsire.FemaleInfidelityandPaternalUncertainty: EvolutionaryPerspectivesonMaleAnti-cuckoldryTacticsisthefirstbooktoaddress theseperspectivesandlookathowmalesdealwiththeconsequencesoffemale infidelity.Eachchapterdealswithaspecificevolvedstrategydevelopedtoaid malesineitherlimitingopportunitiesfortheirmatetobeunfaithfulorto ‘correct’thebyproductsofinfidelityshoulditoccur.Withsectionsincluding mateguarding,intravaginaltactics,andpaternityassessment,thisbookwill appealtoresearchersandgraduatestudentsinbehavioralbiology,evolutionary psychology,humansexuality,anthropology,sociology,reproductivehealth, andmedicine. STEVEN M. PLATEK isAssistantProfessorofPsychologyandBiomedical ScienceatDrexelUniversityinPhiladelphiaanddirectoroftheEvolutionary CognitiveNeuroscienceLaboratory,whichappliescognitiveneuroscience methods(e.g.,fMRI,opticalimaging)tothestudyofparentalbehavior,sex differences,deception,andself-awareness. TODD K. SHACKELFORD isAssociateProfessorofPsychology,Graduate ProgramCo-Director,andChairoftheEvolutionaryPsychologyAreaofFlorida AtlanticUniversity.Dr.ShackelforddirectstheEvolutionaryPsychology Laboratory,whichusesamodernevolutionarypsychologicalperspectiveto investigatesocialandinterpersonalphenomena. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics Editedby STEVEN M. PLATEK DrexelUniversity Philadelphia,USA TODD K. SHACKELFORD FloridaAtlanticUniversity 2912CollegeAvenue Davie,USA Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridg e.org /9780521845380 © Cambridge University Press 2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 - ---- eBook(EBL) - --- eBook(EBL) - ---- hardback - --- hardback - ---- paperback - --- paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents List of contri butors page vii Acknowle dgments viii PART I I NTRODUCTION AND OVERVI EW 1 1 Introductiontotheoryandresearchonanti-cuckoldry tactics:overviewofcurrentvolume S TEVEN M. PLAT EK AND T ODD K. S HAC KE LF O R D 3 2 Coevolutionofpaternalinvestmentandcuckoldryin humans D AVID C. G EARY 14 PART II MATE GUARDING 35 3 Evidenceforadaptationsforfemaleextra-pairmating inhumans:thoughtsoncurrentstatusand futuredirections S TEVEN W. GAN GESTAD 37 4 Predictingviolenceagainstwomenfrommen’s mate-retentionbehaviors T ODD K. SHACKELFORD AND A ARON T. G OETZ 58 5 Sexualcoercionandforcedin-paircopulationas anti-cuckoldrytacticsinhumans A ARON T. GOE TZ AN D T ODD K. S HA CK EL F OR D 82 v vi Contents PART III INTRAVAGINAL TACTICS: SPERM COMPETITION AND SEM EN DISPLA CE MENT 101 6 Spermcompetitionanditsevolutionaryconsequences inhumans A ARON T. G O ETZ AN D T ODD K. S HA CK EL F OR D 103 7 Thesemen-displacementhypothesis:semenhydraulics andtheintra-paircopulationproclivitymodelof femaleinfidelity G ORDO N G. GALLUP,J R . AND R EBECCA L. BURCH 129 8 Thepsychobiologyofhumansemen R EBECCA L. BURCH AND G ORDON G. GALLUP ,J R . 141 9 Materetention,semendisplacement,andsperm competitioninhumans A ARON T. G O ETZ AN D T ODD K. S HA CK EL F OR D 173 10 Preeclampsiaandotherpregnancycomplications asanadaptiveresponsetounfamiliarsemen J EN NIFER A. DAVIS AN D G ORDON G. GA LLUP ,J R . 191 PART IV ASSESSING PATERNITY: THE ROLE OF PATERNAL RESE MBLANCE 205 11 Theeffectofperceivedresemblanceandthesocial mirroronkinselection R EBECCA L. BURCH,D ANI E L H IPP AND S TEVEN M. PLATEK 207 12 Childrenonthemind:sexdifferencesinneural correlatesofattentiontoachild’sfaceasafunction offacialresemblance S TEVE N M. PLA TEK AND J AIM E W. THOMSON 224 Index 242 Contributors RebeccaL.Burch DepartmentofPsychology,StateUniversityofNewYorkatOswego, Oswego,NY13126,USA JenniferA.Davis DepartmentofPsychology,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,SUNY, 1400WashingtonAvenue,Albany,NY12222,USA GordonG.Gallup,Jr. DepartmentofPsychology,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,SUNY, 1400WashingtonAvenue,Albany,NY12222,USA StevenW.Gangestad DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofNewMexico,Albuquerque,NM 87111,USA DavidC.Geary DepartmentofPsychologicalSciences,UniversityofMissouri–Columbia, Columbia,MO65211-2500,USA AaronT.Goetz DepartmentofPsychology,FloridaAtlanticUniversity,2912College Avenue,Davie,FL33314,USA DanielHipp StateUniversityofNewYorkatOswego,7060Route104,Oswego,NY13126- 3599,USA StevenM.Platek DrexelUniversity,DepartmentofPsychology,Philadelphia,PA19102,USA ToddK.Shackelford FloridaAtlanticUniversity,DepartmentofPsychology,2912College Avenue,Davie,FL33314,USA JaimeW.Thomson DepartmentofPsychology,DrexelUniversity,3141ChestnutStreet, Philadelphia,PA19104,USA vii Acknowledgments Steven M. Platek thanks, for scholarly support, encouragement, and discussion about this research, Gordon Bear, Rebecca Burch, Martin Daly, Jennifer Davis, Scott Faro, Ludivine Fonteyn, Gordon Gallup, Jr., Steven Gaulin, Aaron Goetz, Ruben Gur, Robert Haskell, Farzin Irani, Julian Paul Keenan, Daniel Langleben, Sarah Levin, James Loughead, Rick Michalski, Feroze Mohamed, Thomas Myers, Ivan Panyavin, Shilpa Patel, Katie Rodak, Michele Sackowicz, David Smith, Jaime Thomson, and Margo Wilson. Special thankstomyco-editor,ToddShackelford,forenthusiasmanddedicationtothis volumewithoutwhichthisvolumemaynothavebeen.Also,specialthanksto Patricia and Joesph Platek, for their continued support of my academic and personalendeavours. ToddK.Shackelfordthanks,fortheirscholarlysupportandencouragement, JohnAlcock,RobinBaker,MarkBellis,IrisBerent,JesseBering,TimBirkhead, Dave Bjorklund, April Bleske-Rechek, Rebecca Burch, David Buss, Martin Daly, Harald Euler, Gordon Gallup, Steve Gangestad, Aaron Goetz, Martie Haselton, Steve Hecht, Erika Hoff, Sabine Hoier, Lee Kirkpatrick, Craig LaMunyon, Randy Larsen, Brett Laursen, Rick Michalski, Dave Perry, Steven Platek, Nick Pound, Monica Rosselli, Dave Schmitt, Bob Smith, Randy Thornhill, Robin Vallacher, Charles White, and Margo Wilson. Special thanks toStevenPlatek,forhishardworkandpersistenceinbringingthisvolumeto fruition. Finally, my deepest thanks to Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, for her unwaveringsupportandencouragement,professionalandpersonal. The editors thank Martin Griffiths at Cambridge University Press for his direction,support,andpatience. viii
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