Human Females as a Dispersal-Egalitarian Species: A Hypothesis about Women and Status

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-05-21 DOI:10.1007/s40750-022-00191-x

Joyce F. Benenson

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Abstract

Objectives

A paradox exists in research on girls and women. On the one hand, they behave in a more egalitarian fashion than their male counterparts. On the other hand, status increases their own and their children’s survival.

Methods

Evidence from non-human primates can help reconcile these findings. In species that do not reside with female kin for life, females are relatively egalitarian and individualistic. They typically do not cooperate or engage in direct competition and exhibit little tolerance for status differentials.

Results and Conclusions

Women follow this pattern. While a husband’s status and her female relatives’ support enhance a woman’s status and reproductive success, her own actions too influence her access to resources and allies. Evidence on girls’ and women’s same-sex competition and quests for status supports the hypothesis that human females inhabit dispersal-egalitarian communities in which competition is avoided, an egalitarian ethos prevails, competitive behavior is disguised, and status differentials are not tolerated.

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作为分散的平等主义物种的人类女性：关于女性和地位的假设

目的女孩与妇女研究中存在着一个悖论。一方面，她们的行为比男性更加平等。另一方面，地位增加了他们自己和孩子的生存。方法来自非人类灵长类动物的证据可以帮助调和这些发现。在不与女性亲属终身居住的物种中，女性相对平等且个人主义。他们通常不合作或直接竞争，对地位差异几乎没有容忍度。结果与结论女性遵循这种模式。虽然丈夫的地位和女性亲属的支持提高了女性的地位和生育成功率，但她自己的行为也影响了她获得资源和盟友的机会。关于女孩和妇女的同性竞争和对地位的追求的证据支持这样一种假设，即人类女性生活在分散的平等主义社区中，在这个社区中，竞争被避免，平等主义精神盛行，竞争行为被掩盖，地位差异是不可容忍的。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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