The Essentialism Perspective on Promiscuity and the Societal Repercussions
Throughout western history, there has been one main belief that has prevailed regarding men and women’s sexuality: that sexual motivation is influenced by the physiological differences between the sexes and accounts for their variances in behavior. This essentialism approach to sexuality, developed with the advancement of evolutionary psychology, which states that all living things maintain a fixed biological, physiological and genetic set of characteristics and science can be utilized to uncover the systematic patterns in a biological explanation, rather than pursuing explanatory reasoning utilizing psychological, sociological or cultural explanations. …show more content…
If these theories are correct and male promiscuity is an innate behavior within male genetics and physiology, then it would be expected that these results could be replicated and that it is possible to record such behaviors in humans. A study conducted by Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, (2012) attempted to replicate Bateman’s study, which failed to yield the original results and concluded that due to measurement bias. The research was flawed and there was weak evidence to support his conclusion of sexual selection acting through male competition and that males mated more than females. Bateman stated that males were expected to display polygamous tendencies while females would prefer monogamous partners. Similar results were concluded in a study performed by Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, (2013) using Mendel’s law of heredity transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next. The results concluded that females’ offspring did represent higher rates of promiscuousness than Bateman had originally recorded. This study deduced that promiscuous, undiscriminating males and coy, choosy females are not supported by the science of Bateman’s original theory (Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, …show more content…
Graeco-Romans often deemed female promiscuity been deemed the female hypersexuality as dangerous (Mottier, 2008), this resulted in attempts to control or even cure women of the animalistic urges that of heighten sexual behavior. Due to their ‘one-sex model’ it was considered possible for woman to acquire the essence of a man and gain his power fear (Mottier, 2008). Evaluating variations in female promiscuity under an evolutionary scope, would state that man’s intimidation by female sexuality stems from sexual jealousy, which occurs when a man fears paternity anxiety and that his parental investment has been compromised due to unfaithfulness (Buss, 2006). This fear of female promiscuity has developed a theme of coy females and virtues women stemming from a man’s efforts to facilitate preventive customs, such as chastity belts and control female sexuality (Mottier,
Throughout western history, there has been one main belief that has prevailed regarding men and women’s sexuality: that sexual motivation is influenced by the physiological differences between the sexes and accounts for their variances in behavior. This essentialism approach to sexuality, developed with the advancement of evolutionary psychology, which states that all living things maintain a fixed biological, physiological and genetic set of characteristics and science can be utilized to uncover the systematic patterns in a biological explanation, rather than pursuing explanatory reasoning utilizing psychological, sociological or cultural explanations. …show more content…
If these theories are correct and male promiscuity is an innate behavior within male genetics and physiology, then it would be expected that these results could be replicated and that it is possible to record such behaviors in humans. A study conducted by Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, (2012) attempted to replicate Bateman’s study, which failed to yield the original results and concluded that due to measurement bias. The research was flawed and there was weak evidence to support his conclusion of sexual selection acting through male competition and that males mated more than females. Bateman stated that males were expected to display polygamous tendencies while females would prefer monogamous partners. Similar results were concluded in a study performed by Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, (2013) using Mendel’s law of heredity transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next. The results concluded that females’ offspring did represent higher rates of promiscuousness than Bateman had originally recorded. This study deduced that promiscuous, undiscriminating males and coy, choosy females are not supported by the science of Bateman’s original theory (Gowaty, Kim and Anderson, …show more content…
Graeco-Romans often deemed female promiscuity been deemed the female hypersexuality as dangerous (Mottier, 2008), this resulted in attempts to control or even cure women of the animalistic urges that of heighten sexual behavior. Due to their ‘one-sex model’ it was considered possible for woman to acquire the essence of a man and gain his power fear (Mottier, 2008). Evaluating variations in female promiscuity under an evolutionary scope, would state that man’s intimidation by female sexuality stems from sexual jealousy, which occurs when a man fears paternity anxiety and that his parental investment has been compromised due to unfaithfulness (Buss, 2006). This fear of female promiscuity has developed a theme of coy females and virtues women stemming from a man’s efforts to facilitate preventive customs, such as chastity belts and control female sexuality (Mottier,