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Weak Negative Selection Pressures on Same-Sex Attraction Across Time
In the current chapter, I will examine the existence of the different factors, which weakened negative selection on same-sex attraction in different...
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Long-term Residency Rights, Citizenship Schemes and the Attraction of Talents: Transnational Presence over Generations in the Face of Investment Migration
For decades the Arab Gulf states have been known for their massive inflows of migrants—leading to a so-called ‘demographic imbalance’, the legal and...
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Same-Sex Attraction in Human History Part II
In the previous chapter, I examined historical evidence on the presence of and attitudes toward same-sex attraction in historical societies, focusing...
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Perceived Nervous Reactions during Initial Attraction and Their Potential Adaptive Value
ObjectiveWe sought to examine perceived nervous reactions when first interacting with a particularly attractive person/potential romantic partner....
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Same-Sex Attraction in Human History: Classical Greece, Imperial Rome and Christian Europe
The observed distribution of same-sex attraction, reflects selection forces working on ancestral human societies, especially during the more recent...
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The forces of attraction: How security interests shape membership in economic institutions
The link between security and economic exchange is widely recognized. But when and how much do geopolitical interests matter for economic...
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The Measurement of Sexual Attraction and Gender Expression: Cognitive Interviews with Queer Women
Previous research on the survey measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) often focuses on the measurement of gender identity and...
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Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe
This paper reviews archaeological research on the transmission of writing knowledge between literate and pre-literate societies. It proposes the use...
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Organizational Effects of Gonadal Hormones on Human Sexual Orientation
PurposeSexual attraction to males or females is perhaps the largest behavioral sex difference across animal species. Experiments in laboratory...
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Ecotourism sustainability assessment using geospatial multiple approach in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Identifying the potential of ecotourism sustainability is one of the priorities of many countries, it is a goal for effective and efficient resource...
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America’s Forever Beautiful Heritage Attraction Sites: The U.S.’s Most Popular National Parks
This chapter addresses the juxtaposition of national parks with social and environmental justice movement by studying the 18 most-visited U.S....
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Cross-Cultural Comparison of Sensory Preferences in Romantic Attraction
Various physical characteristics of a partner—visual, auditory, tactile and kinetic, olfactory, and gustatory—can affect human mate choice and...
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Correction to: The forces of attraction: How security interests shape membership in economic institutions
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-021-09416-2
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The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction in Men and Women: The Weak Negative and Positive Selection Pressures Hypothesis
In the current chapter, I will summarize the arguments made so far, in order to examine whether they could potentially explain the observed patterns...
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Tourists’ engagement in cultural attractions: an exploratory study of psychological and behavioural engagement in indigenous tourism
This research explores international tourists’ engagement with Māori indigenous tourist attractions in New Zealand. In-depth interviews with 18...
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Characteristics of Young People Reporting a Low Sexual Desire in Switzerland
This study explores the characteristics of young female and male adults (mean age 26.3 years) reporting a low sexual desire. A 2017 Swiss national...
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“It’s not something I can shake”: The Effect of Racial Stereotypes, Beauty Standards, and Sexual Racism on Interracial Attraction
Sexual racism, a form of prejudice enacted in sexual or romantic settings, is a complex phenomenon that can interact with racial stereotypes and...
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The Evolution of Inclusive Folk-Biological Labels and the Cultural Maintenance of Meaning
How is word meaning established, and how do individuals acquire it? What ensures the uniform understanding of word meaning in a linguistic community?...
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Contradictions in Experiences of Compulsory Sexuality and Pathways to Asexual Citizenship
Compulsory sexuality refers to the ways that social institutions both assume and privilege sexualities while marginalizing asexuality—the relative...
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The Relationship of Religiosity and Sexuality in Non-heterosexual Mormon Women: A Mixed Methods Study
This paper examines religious experiences of lesbian and bisexual women who are current or former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
