PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Shotgun Wedding, Sexual Intercourse, Promiscuity
11 Jan 2017
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Men might have to settle for lower-quality mates. Women may not care for a baby without the involvement of the man (lack of parental investment in offspring) Violence on the part of other males in the woman"s life (husband, brother, father) Shotgun wedding: i will either kill you or you can marry my daughter and raise the kid. Retaliatory affairs by long-term mate: if you"re going to sleep around, i am going to sleep around. Direct benefit of having offspring without the necessity of parental investment. More offspring, even if they are lower quality. Genetic diversity may allow differential ability to survive. Behavioural evidence of men"s desire for short-term mating. Men are very likely to have extra-marital affairs. Kinsey: more than 50% of men interviewed had had sexual affairs on long- term mates and only 26% of women had. Men are far more likely to use prostitutes than are women.
