TY - JOUR
T1 - More holes in social roles
AU - Kenrick, Douglas T.
AU - Griskevicius, Vladas
PY - 2009/8/21
Y1 - 2009/8/21
N2 - Given the strength of Archer's case for a sexual selection account, he is too accommodating of the social roles alternative. We present data on historical changes in violent crime contradicting that perspective, and discuss recent evidence showing how an evolutionary perspective predicts sex similarities and differences responding in a flexible and functional manner to adaptively relevant triggers across different domains.
AB - Given the strength of Archer's case for a sexual selection account, he is too accommodating of the social roles alternative. We present data on historical changes in violent crime contradicting that perspective, and discuss recent evidence showing how an evolutionary perspective predicts sex similarities and differences responding in a flexible and functional manner to adaptively relevant triggers across different domains.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X09990331
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X09990331
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:70349172515
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 32
SP - 283
EP - 285
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 3-4
ER -
