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Novel status contests, archaic evolved psychologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Richard Machalek
Richard Machalek
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3293 machalek@uwyo.edu
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Abstract

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Women and men have evolved psychological traits adapted to different types of competition in the EEA (environment of evolutionary adaptedness). While women appear not to be as well adapted as men for violent status struggles, the decline of routine violence in status contests raises interesting questions about gender and status competition in contemporary societies.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999, pp. 231
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press