资源需求减少了Himba女性的伴侣歧视
Sean P Prall1, Brooke A Scelza2
1Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
资源安全显著影响Himba女性的伴侣偏好. 粮食不安全加上更多的孩子增加了对伴侣的开放性和对富有,有影响力的男性的偏好.
科学领域:
- 人类行为生态学 人类行为生态学
- 进化人类学的进化人类学.
- 社会经济因素对选择配偶的影响.
背景情况:
- 选择伴侣受到社会和生态因素的影响,特别是当自主性高时.
- 妇女获得资源的机会可以影响伙伴关系的数量和类型.
- 现有的研究往往使用间接方法 (化,大型数据库),而不是直接的偏好数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查资源安全如何影响个人伴侣偏好.
- 检查粮食不安全和依赖儿童在Himba牧民中调节伴侣偏好方面的作用.
- 测试生态条件对伴侣偏好可塑性的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用人口统计数据,粮食不安全评分和特征/伴侣偏好等级.
- 分析了来自Himba牧民社区的数据.
- 研究了粮食不安全和依赖儿童的数量之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 仅仅粮食不安全对女性对新伴侣的开放程度的影响很小.
- 粮食不安全和依赖儿童数量的相互作用强烈预测了对潜在伴侣的开放性.
- 拥有更多家属的女性对富有和有影响力的男性的偏好更强.
- 与交配市场假设相反,女性的可取性没有影响女性的偏好.
结论:
- 生态信号,特别是资源限制,在塑造伴侣偏好方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 面临更大的资源限制的女性在伴侣数量方面不那么有选择性,并优先考虑与资源相关的特征.
- 研究结果表明,伴侣偏好的可塑性是对环境条件的反应.
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