Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics

Steven M. Platek (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0521607345 / ISBN 13: 9780521607346

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2006

About this Item

How males deal with the consequences of raising a child they unknowingly did not sire. Editor(s): Platek, Steven M.; Shackelford, Todd K. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524. . 2006. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521607345
• ISBN 13: 9780521607346
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Although commonly believed that males are more promiscuous than females, new research has revealed that female infidelity is a common occurrence throughout the animal kingdom. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty is the first book to address how males deal with the consequences of female infidelity and the strategies they have evolved to try to avoid the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Each chapter deals with a specific evolved strategy developed to aid males in either limiting opportunities for their mate to be unfaithful or to 'correct' the by-products of infidelity should it occur. With sections including mate guarding, intra-vaginal tactics and paternity assessment, this book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in behavioral biology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, anthropology, sociology, reproductive health and medicine.

Book Description

Because paternal certainty is asymmetrical, males have evolved a number of anti-cuckoldry strategies to deal with the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics addresses these perspectives.