The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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.

Zusammenfassung

Fills a gap in research specifically addressing evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction

Provides a comprehensive argument for the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction

Includes an overview of existing theories, empirical findings, and theoretical arguments on the origins of same-sex attraction

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xviii 250 S.
ISBN-13:	9783030539276
ISBN-10:	303053927X
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Apostolou, Menelaos
Auflage:	1st ed. 2020
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Maße:	235 x 155 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Menelaos Apostolou
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.10.2021
Gewicht:	0,411 kg

Artikel-ID: 120540961