Prostitution—An Evolutionary Perspective

McGuire, Morgan; Gruter, Margaret

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“…Motivations for and prevalence of extramarital mating, quality and quantity of sexual fantasies, quality and quantity of pornography consumption, motivation for and use of prostitution, willingness to have sex without commitment, and willingness to have sex with strangers all suggest that men are more inclined toward casual impersonal sex than women (Burley and Symanski, 1981; Clark and Hatfield, 1989; Ellis and Symons, 1990; Malamuth, 1996; McGuire and Gruter, 2003; Seal, Agostinelli and Hannet, 1994; Townsend, 1995; Wiederman, 1997). Research has found that women show a sexual preference for more symmetrical/masculine men while ovulating (Gangestad and Thornhill, 1998; Thornhill and Gangestad, 1999), supporting a ‘good genes’ theory of women’s short‐term mating strategies in which women try to have the “best of both worlds” by being impregnated by a genetically desirable “cad” while raising the baby with a cuckolded “dad” (Wright, 1994, p. 69).…”

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The evolved function of the oedipal conflict

Josephs

2010

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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Freud based his oedipal theory on three clinical observations of adult romantic relationships: (1) Adults tend to split love and lust; (2) There tend to be sex differences in the ways that men and women split love and lust; (3) Adult romantic relationships are unconsciously structured by the dynamics of love triangles in which dramas of seduction and betrayal unfold. Freud believed that these aspects of adult romantic relationships were derivative expressions of a childhood oedipal conflict that has been repressed. Recent research conducted by evolutionary psychologists supports many of Freud's original observations and suggests that Freud's oedipal conflict may have evolved as a sexually selected adaptation for reproductive advantage. The evolution of bi-parental care based on sexually exclusive romantic bonds made humans vulnerable to the costs of sexual infidelity, a situation of danger that seriously threatens monogamous bonds. A childhood oedipal conflict enables humans to better adapt to this longstanding evolutionary problem by providing the child with an opportunity to develop working models of love triangles. On the one hand, the oedipal conflict facilitates monogamous resolutions by creating intense anxiety about the dangers of sexual infidelity and mate poaching. On the other hand, the oedipal conflict in humans may facilitate successful cheating and mate poaching by cultivating a talent for hiding our true sexual intentions from others and even from ourselves. The oedipal conflict in humans may be disguised by evolutionary design in order to facilitate tactical deception in adult romantic relationships.

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The evolved function of the oedipal conflict

Josephs

2010

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies

Schmitt¹

2015

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

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Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies

Schmitt

2015

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

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In this chapter, evidence is reviewed regarding the reproductive strategies—and specialized mating psychologies—fundamental to humans. Cross‐species comparisons and ethnological patterns observed across foraging cultures help to clarify our most basic human mating adaptations. Overall, extant evidence suggests there is no single mating strategy in humans. Humans evolved a pluralistic mating repertoire that is facultatively responsive to sex, temporal contexts, personal characteristics such as mate value and ovulatory status, and evocative features of culture and local ecology.

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Prostitution—An Evolutionary Perspective

Cited by 12 publications

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The evolved function of the oedipal conflict

The evolved function of the oedipal conflict

Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies

Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies

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