Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans
An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression against Females
Published on 19. October 2009
504 pages
978-0-674-05434-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate sexual coercion in a range of species-including all of the great apes and humans-and to clarify its role in shaping social relationships among males, among females, and between the sexes.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Adult education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-05434-9 (9780674054349)
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Martin N. Muller | Richard W. Wrangham
Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans
An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression against Females
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06/2009
Harvard University Press
€101.65
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Persons
Martin N. Muller is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Richard W. Wrangham is Ruth Moore Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University.
Content
Contents I. Introduction and Theory 1. Male Aggression and Sexual Coercion of Females in Primates / Martin N. Muller, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, and Richard W.Wrangham 2. Evolution of Sexual Coercion with Respect to Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict Theory / Jana J. Watson-Capps 3. Intersexual Conflict in Primates: Infanticide, Paternity Allocation, and the Role of Coercion / Parry Clarke, Gauri Pradhan, and Carel van Schaik II. Sexual Coercion and Mate Guarding in Nonhuman Primates 4. Orangutans: Sexual Coercion without Sexual Violence / Cheryl D. Knott 5. Male Aggression against Females in Mountain Gorillas: Courtship or Coercion? / Martha M. Robbins 6. The Causes and Consequences of Male Aggression Directed at Female Chacma Baboons / Dawn M. Kitchen et al. 7. Female-Directed Aggression and Social Control in Spider Monkeys / Andres Link, Anthony Di Fiore, and Stephanie N. Spehar 8. Male Aggression against Females and Sexual Coercion in Chimpanzees / Martin N. Muller, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, and Richard W. Wrangham 9. Sexual Coercion in Dolphin Consortships: A Comparison with Chimpanzees / Richard C. Connor and Nicole L. Vollmer 10. Male Aggression toward Females in Hamadryas Baboons: Conditioning, Coercion, and Control / Larissa Swedell and Amy Schreier III. Sexual Coercion and Mate Guarding in Humans 11. Coercive Violence by Human Males against Their Female Partners / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly 12. The Political Significance of Gender Violence / Lars Rodseth and Shannon A. Novak 13. Intimate Wounds: Craniofacial Trauma in Women and Female Chimpanzees / Shannon A. Novak and Mallorie A. Hatch 14. Human Rape: Revising Evolutionary Perspectives / Melissa Emery Thompson IV. Female Counterstrategies 15. "Friendship" with Males: A Female Counterstrategy to Infanticide in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta / Ryne Palombit 16. The Absence of Sexual Coercion in Bonobos / Tommaso Paoli 17. Sexual Coercion, Patriarchal Violence, and Law / Diane L. Rosenfeld V. Summary and Conclusions 18. Sexual Coercion in Humans and Other Primates: The Road Ahead / Richard W. Wrangham and Martin N. Muller Contributors Index
