Overview
- Fills a gap in research specifically addressing evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction
- Provides a comprehensive argument for the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction
- Includes an overview of existing theories, empirical findings, and theoretical arguments on the origins of same-sex attraction
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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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Keywords
- evolutionary psychology
- same-sex attraction
- bisexuality
- evolutionary origins of attraction
- sexual orientation
- same-sex attraction in historical societies
- history of sexuality
- homosexuality
- historical evidence of homosexualtiy
- sexual fluidity
- same-sex marriage
- male choice hypothesis
- gender and sexuality
- sexual behaviour
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction
Authors: Menelaos Apostolou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53925-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53924-5Published: 07 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53927-6Published: 08 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53925-2Published: 06 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 250
Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, Personality and Social Psychology