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The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction

Menelaos Apostolou

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Springer International Publishing img Link Publisher

Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Sonstiges

Beschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction, evaluating multiple existing evolutionary theories. It combines empirical findings with theoretical arguments in order to review evidence on the prevalence rates of same-sex attraction and determine its genetic and environmental basis.

Among the topics addressed:

  • Attitudes towards same-sex attraction across human history
  • Assessing the weak selection pressures hypothesis of attraction
  • Assessing the male choice hypothesis of attraction
  • Evolution of same-sex attraction in men versus women

The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction will be of interest to academics and students of evolutionary and psychological sciences, filling a gap in literature on the origins of specifically same-sex attraction.

 


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same-sex marriage, gender and sexuality, sexual orientation, male choice hypothesis, historical evidence of homosexualtiy, sexual behaviour, same-sex attraction in historical societies, bisexuality, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary origins of attraction, history of sexuality, sexual fluidity, homosexuality, same-sex attraction