Sex differences in costly signaling in rural Western China

CaiRangDongZhi,; Ge, Erhao; Du, Juan; Mace, Ruth

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.02.009

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“…As elucidated in our companion paper, religious rituals vary significantly in the frequency and cost of the signals they emit, which in turn leads to different reputational advantages (CaiRangDongZhi et al, 2023 ). Participation in distant pilgrimages, for example, can amplify multiple dimensions of reputational quality, whereas daily religious practices typically enhance only specific ones.…”

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“…The direction of causation is not always clear in cross-sectional studies. We have shown that religiosity is associated with the enhanced reputation for good characteristics in this village (CaiRangDongZhi et al, 2023 ) and providing help to others will probably enhance one's reputational status (Power & Ready, 2018 ). Although we have not specifically studied the relationship between personal reputational standing and social support here, religious participation, prestige and social support are often intertwined.…”

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“…We have shown elsewhere that, in this village, individuals perceive engagement in certain religious practices as indicative of various prosocial traits. Specifically, participating in distant pilgrimages enhances the perception of all prosocial characteristics, while daily religious practices are positively linked to perceptions of devoutness but not necessarily to other qualities (CaiRangDongZhi et al, 2023 ). Here, we draw on measures of religious rituals and network data detailing the supportive relationships within the same village.…”

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Religiosity and gender bias structure social networks

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Studies examining gender differences in the social relationship rewards associated with costly religious practice have been surprisingly few. Here, we use data from 289 residents of an agricultural Tibetan village to assess whether individuals are more inclined to establish supportive relationships with religious individuals in general and to investigate the gender disparities in the relationship between religiosity and personal network characteristics. Our results reveal that participation in religious rituals contributes to the overall development of social support networks. The benefits to personal networks, however, seem to be contingent upon gender. For resource-intensive, infrequent religious rituals such as distant pilgrimages, males seem to benefit slightly more in terms of elevated in-degree values in their personal networks, despite similar levels of investment as females. In contrast, for daily, low-cost religious practices requiring ongoing participation, both genders obtain similar increase in in-degree values through regular engagement. It becomes more challenging for women to increase their status in communities when the effort invested in religious rituals yields smaller rewards compared to the same effort by men, contributing to ongoing gender inequality. These findings highlight the importance of examining the particular characteristics of religious rituals and the gender disparities in the associated rewards.

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Religiosity and gender bias structure social networks

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Mace

2024

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“…While celibacy among males means they are out of the mating and marriage market, they may still be able to enhance their family’ fitness by both reducing sibling competition 32 and potentially elevating the social standing of their kin. 42 …”

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