Sex, aggression, and life history strategy

Aurelio José Figueredo; Paul Robert Gladden; Barbara Hagenah Brumbach

doi:10.1017/S0140525X09990422

Sex, aggression, and life history strategy

Aurelio José Figueredo, Paul Robert Gladden, Barbara Hagenah Brumbach

Psychology

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We agree that sexual selection is a more comprehensive explanation for sex differences in direct aggression than social role theory, which is an unparsimonious and vestigial remnant of human exceptionalism. Nevertheless, Archer misses several opportunities to put the theoretical predictions made by himself and by others into direct competition in a way that would further the interests of strong inference.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	278
Number of pages	1
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	32
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09990422
State	Published - 2009

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