Conflict between males and females over reproduction is ubiquitous in nature due to fundamental differences between the sexes in reproductive rates and investment in offspring. In only a few species, however, do males strategically employ violence to control female sexuality. Why are so many of these primates? Why are females routinely abused in some species, but never in others? And can the study of such unpleasant behavior by our closest relatives help us to understand the evolution of men’s violence against women?
In the first systematic attempt to assess and understand primate male aggression as an expression of sexual conflict, the contributors to this volume consider coercion in direct and indirect forms: direct, in overcoming female resistance to mating; indirect, in decreasing the chance the female will mate with other males. The book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate the form of 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.
(20091201)
Author(s): Martin N. Muller, Richard W. Wrangham
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 496
Contents
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I. Introduction and Theory
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1. Male Aggression and Sexual Coercion of Females in Primates / Martin N. Muller, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, and Richard W.Wrangham......Page 16
2. Evolution of Sexual Coercion with Respect to Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict Theory / Jana J. Watson-Capps......Page 36
3. Intersexual Conflict in Primates: Infanticide, Paternity Allocation, and the Role of Coercion / Parry Clarke, Gauri Pradhan, and Carel van Schaik......Page 55
II. Sexual Coercion and Mate Guarding in Nonhuman Primates
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4. Orangutans: Sexual Coercion without Sexual Violence / Cheryl D. Knott
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5. Male Aggression against Females in Mountain Gorillas: Courtship or Coercion? / Martha M. Robbins
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6. The Causes and Consequences of Male Aggression Directed at Female Chacma Baboons / Dawn M. Kitchen et al.......Page 141
7. Female-Directed Aggression and Social Control in Spider Monkeys / Andres Link, Anthony Di Fiore, and Stephanie N. Spehar......Page 170
8. Male Aggression against Females and Sexual Coercion in Chimpanzees / Martin N. Muller, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, and Richard W. Wrangham......Page 197
9. Sexual Coercion in Dolphin Consortships: A Comparison with Chimpanzees / Richard C. Connor and Nicole L. Vollmer......Page 231
10. Male Aggression toward Females in Hamadryas Baboons: Conditioning, Coercion, and Control / Larissa Swedell and Amy Schreier......Page 257
III. Sexual Coercion and Mate Guarding in Humans......Page 282
11. Coercive Violence by Human Males against Their Female Partners / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly......Page 284
12. The Political Significance of Gender Violence / Lars Rodseth and Shannon A. Novak......Page 305
13. Intimate Wounds: Craniofacial Trauma in Women and Female Chimpanzees / Shannon A. Novak and Mallorie A. Hatch......Page 335
14. Human Rape: Revising Evolutionary Perspectives / Melissa Emery Thompson......Page 359
IV. Female Counterstrategies
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15. “Friendship” with Males: A Female Counterstrategy to Infanticide in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta / Ryne Palombit......Page 390
16. The Absence of Sexual Coercion in Bonobos / Tommaso Paoli......Page 423
17. Sexual Coercion, Patriarchal Violence, and Law / Diane L. Rosenfeld......Page 437
V. Summary and Conclusions
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18. Sexual Coercion in Humans and Other Primates: The Road Ahead / Richard W. Wrangham and Martin N. Muller......Page 464
Contributors
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Index
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