Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans : : An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression against Females / / ed. by Richard W. Wrangham, Martin N. Muller.

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• MitwirkendeR: Beehner, Jacinta C.,; Bergman, Thore J.,; Cheney, Dorothy L.,; Clarke, Parry,; Connor, Richard C.,; Crockford, Catherine,; Daly, Martin,; Di Fiore, Anthony,; Engh, Anne L.,; Fischer, Julia,; Hatch, Mallorie A.,; Kahlenberg, Sonya M.,; Kitchen, Dawn M.,; Knott, Cheryl D.,; Link, Andres,; Muller, Martin N.,; Novak, Shannon A.,; Palombit, Ryne,; Paoli, Tommaso,; Pradhan, Gauri,; Robbins, Martha M.,; Rodseth, Lars,; Rosenfeld, Diane L.,; Schaik, Carel van,; Schreier, Amy,; Seyfarth, Robert M.,; Spehar, Stephanie N.,; Swedell, Larissa,; Thompson, Melissa Emery,; Vollmer, Nicole L.,; Watson-Capps, Jana J.,; Wilson, Margo,; Wittig, Roman M.,; Wrangham, Richard W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Muller, Martin N.,; Wrangham, Richard W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.)

In only a few species do males strategically employ violence to control female sexuality. Why are females routinely abused in some species, but never in others? And can the study of such unpleasant behavior help us to understand the evolution of men's violence against women? The 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- I INTRODUCTION AND THEORY -- 1 Male Aggression and Sexual Coercion of Females in Primates -- 2 Evolution of Sexual Coercion with Respect to Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict Theory -- 3 Intersexual Conflict in Primates: Infanticide, Paternity Allocation, and the Role of Coercion -- II SEXUAL COERCION AND MATE GUARDING IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES -- 4 Orangutans: Sexual Coercion without Sexual Violence -- 5 Male Aggression against Females in Mountain Gorillas: Courtship or Coercion? -- 6 The Causes and Consequences of Male Aggression Directed at Female Chacma Baboons -- 7 Female-Directed Aggression and Social Control in Spider Monkeys -- 8 Male Aggression against Females and Sexual Coercion in Chimpanzees -- 9 Sexual Coercion in Dolphin Consortships: A Comparison with Chimpanzees -- 10 Male Aggression toward Females in Hamadryas Baboons: Conditioning,Coercion, and Control -- III SEXUAL COERCION AND MATE GUARDING IN HUMANS -- 11 Coercive Violence by Human Males against Their Female Partners -- 12 The Political Significance of Gender Violence -- 13 Intimate Wounds: Craniofacial Trauma inWomen and Female Chimpanzees -- 14 Human Rape: Revising Evolutionary Perspectives -- IV FEMALE COUNTERSTRATEGIES -- 15 "Friendship" with Males: A Female Counterstrategy to Infanticide in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta -- 16 The Absence of Sexual Coercion in Bonobos -- 17 Sexual Coercion, Patriarchal Violence, and Law -- V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 18 Sexual Coercion in Humans and Other Primates: The Road Ahead -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Index