人类之间的跨性别伴侣竞争:来自17世纪葡萄牙的历史例子
Scott W Semenyna1, Paul L Vasey2
1Department of Psychology, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., Unit 8281, DeLand, FL, 32723, USA. semenynas@gmail.com.
Archives of sexual behavior
|March 22, 2024
概括
跨性别伴侣竞争,即个人争夺同一个伴侣,在17世纪的信件中得到了分析. 这种历史分析揭示了与现代伴侣竞争策略的相似之处.
科学领域:
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 历史人类学 历史人类学
背景情况:
- 跨性别伴侣竞争涉及异性个人同时追求共同的性伴侣.
- 虽然它在各种物种和人类中被记录下来,但它的历史发生仍未得到充分探索.
- 以前的研究主要集中在鸟类,哺乳动物和人类种群的当代例子上.
研究的目的:
- 通过检查历史文本来扩大跨性别伴侣竞争的概念.
- 应用现代的伴侣竞争分类法来分析17世纪背景下的行为.
- 证明当代理论框架对历史数据的适用性.
主要方法:
- 分析了1664年两名男子之间的信件,一个人以前和另一个人有过关系,然后与一个女人订婚.
- 应用已建立的对伴侣竞争战术分类对男性和女性竞争者的行为.
- 对历史行为进行比较分析,并用当代的跨性别伴侣竞争例子进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 分析的信件描绘了一个长期的异性伴侣竞争的例子,一个男人和一个女人在争夺同一个男性之间.
- 历史上竞争对手表现出的行为与已建立的伴侣竞争战术类别一致.
- 这项研究证实,在当代观察之前的几个世纪里,发生了跨性别伴侣竞争.
结论:
- 现代的竞争对手分类是分析历史人际关系动态的有效工具.
- 历史文献提供了一个有价值的,但未被充分利用的资源,用于研究进化行为模式.
- 跨性别伴侣竞争是一个反复出现的现象,可能存在于各种历史记录中,特别是当双性恋影响伴侣选择时.
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