THE CONTROVERSY OF EVOLUTIONARY JEALOUSY Jealousy is an emotion that almost every human being has experienced in her or his lifetime, it stems from the fear of being rejected, replaced, and the thoughts of comparison or competition. The notion on whether or not jealousy is more prominent in any specific gender is highly controversial. Although it is thought that women are more emotional than men, we cannot generalize that jealousy is a more feminine trait, but some researchers will suggest that genders have evolved to have more feelings of jealousy compared to the others. Jealousy may have ingrained root causes and I will be discussing the idea that certain people with certain experiences may feel more jealous than others, or that childhood
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(Maner & Shackelford, 2007). David Buss' study is one of the most pronounced in jealousy study as he took 202 undergrad students and asked a series of infedelity questions and asked which would upset them more, like mentioned above. 60% of males chose sexual infedelity and only 17% of females with that option chosen, whereas 83% of females chose emotional infedelity (Buss, Larsen, Westen & Semmelroth, …show more content…
Jealousy can arise from negative experiences people had as children. Whether someone's close relationship was destroyed to another, they or were bullied, abused, scrutinized, or harshly critiqued by a parental figure, a person can internalize these experiences and identify with them. "If we felt insignificant because we were ignored, it is very likely we have carried this insecurity with us into adulthood and into any romantic relationship we form" (Firestone, 2011). So not only is jealousy a natural factor in human functioning, socio-cultural experiences can ingrain themselves into the human psyche to become insecure, paranoid, anxiety filled, and jealous throughout life. Firestone explains that when feelings of intense suspicion, jealousy, or paranoia arise a person should examine how much of these feelings are actually reality based and if they are due to internalized
(Maner & Shackelford, 2007). David Buss' study is one of the most pronounced in jealousy study as he took 202 undergrad students and asked a series of infedelity questions and asked which would upset them more, like mentioned above. 60% of males chose sexual infedelity and only 17% of females with that option chosen, whereas 83% of females chose emotional infedelity (Buss, Larsen, Westen & Semmelroth, …show more content…
Jealousy can arise from negative experiences people had as children. Whether someone's close relationship was destroyed to another, they or were bullied, abused, scrutinized, or harshly critiqued by a parental figure, a person can internalize these experiences and identify with them. "If we felt insignificant because we were ignored, it is very likely we have carried this insecurity with us into adulthood and into any romantic relationship we form" (Firestone, 2011). So not only is jealousy a natural factor in human functioning, socio-cultural experiences can ingrain themselves into the human psyche to become insecure, paranoid, anxiety filled, and jealous throughout life. Firestone explains that when feelings of intense suspicion, jealousy, or paranoia arise a person should examine how much of these feelings are actually reality based and if they are due to internalized