地位并不能预测压力:妇女在一个平等的狩猎采集者社会
Piotr Fedurek1, Laurent Lacroix2, Julia Lehmann1
1Centre for Research in Evolutionary, Social and Inter-Disciplinary Anthropology, Roehampton University, London, UK.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
在一个平等的狩猎采集社会中,女性的社会地位与生理压力指标 (如头发皮质醇) 没有相关性. 这一发现挑战了所有人类群体中社会层次和压力之间的普遍联系.
科学领域:
- 人类进化生物学 人类进化生物学
- 社会人类学社会人类学.
- 心理神经内分泌学心理学
背景情况:
- 人们普遍认为,在人类和非人类社会中,生理压力与社会地位之间存在着强烈的关联.
- 这种关系在平等的狩猎采集者社会和专属女性团体中仍未得到充分研究.
- 人类的进化历史主要由小,移动,平等的食乐队组成.
研究的目的:
- 在平等的狩猎采集者背景下,研究女性社会地位和生理压力之间的关系.
- 检查社会地位 (食声誉,人气) 是否预测哈扎妇女的压力水平 (头发皮质醇).
主要方法:
- 对女性头发皮质醇度的分析.
- 评估两个社会地位领域:寻声誉和受欢迎程度.
- 在Hadza进行的研究,一个平等的狩猎采集者社会.
主要成果:
- 搜寻食物声誉和头发皮质醇度之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 人气和头发皮质醇度之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 与假设相反,社会地位并不能预测这些女性的生理压力.
结论:
- 在平等的社会结构中,社会地位不是女性生理压力的一致或强有力的预测因素.
- 这些发现挑战了社会地位在不同的人类社会和人口统计学中具有普遍生理影响的假设.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解不同文化背景下的社会动态和压力生理学之间的微妙相互作用.
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