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Evolutionary Aggression - Infidelity - Sexual Coercion
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- 1InfidelitySexual Coercion
- 2A consequence of men'ssuspicions of their partners infidelity
- 3ispartner rape.
- 4Camilleri et al found thatsexual assault of a female by her male partner was directly linked to the perceived risk of her infidelity.
- 5Shields et al found thatfemale victims of partner rape were more likely to have reported engaging in extra-marital sex than females who were not raped by their male partner.
- 6Camilleri et al found thatmen who were convicted of raping their wives were more likely to have experienced cuckoldry risks prior to the offence than men convicted of non-sexual partner abuse.
- 7Evolutionary theory would explainsuch extreme male aggression as adaptive
- 8because such behaviour wouldboth dissuade the female from repeating her infidelity
- 9and potentially lead toher becoming pregnant,
- 10which wouldensure that she cannot become pregnant by another male.
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