The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-53924-5 (ISBN)
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction, evaluating multiple existing evolutionary theories. It combines empirical findings with theoretical arguments in order to review evidence on the prevalence rates of same-sex attraction and determine its genetic and environmental basis.
Among the topics addressed:
- Attitudes towards same-sex attraction across human history
- Assessing the weak selection pressures hypothesis of attraction
- Assessing the male choice hypothesis of attraction
- Evolution of same-sex attraction in men versus women
The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction will be of interest to academics and students of evolutionary and psychological sciences, filling a gap in literature on the origins of specifically same-sex attraction.
Dr Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology.
Chapter 1: What is to be explained?.- Chapter 2: The genetic basis of same-sex attraction.- Chapter 3: Environmental factors affecting same-sex attraction.- Chapter 4: Evolutionary theories on same-sex attraction.- Chapter 5: Same-sex attraction in human history: Classical Greece, Imperial Rome and Christian Europe.- Chapter 6: Same-sex attraction in human history: Central and South America, Islamic world, and Asia.- Chapter 7: Assessing the evidence from the historical record.- Chapter 8: The Weak Selection Pressures Hypothesis.- Chapter 9: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Regulation of mating, male-male competition and social consequences.- Chapter 10: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Male-tolerance, forced sex and desire to have children.- Chapter 11: The male choice hypothesis.- Chapter 12: Assessing the male choice hypothesis.- Chapter 13: Positive selection on male homosexuality.- Chapter 14: The evolution of same-sex attraction in men and women.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVIII, 250 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 571 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Schlagworte | Bisexuality • evolutionary origins of attraction • Evolutionary Psychology • Gender and Sexuality • historical evidence of homosexualtiy • History of sexuality • Homosexuality • male choice hypothesis • same-sex attraction • same-sex attraction in historical societies • Same-Sex Marriage • Sexual behaviour • sexual fluidity • Sexual orientation |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-53924-5 / 3030539245 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-53924-5 / 9783030539245 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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