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.
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