DeLecce Tara, Barbaro Nicole, Mohamedally Derek, Shackelford Todd K
1 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
2 Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2017 Apr-Jun;15(2):1474704917705062. doi: 10.1177/1474704917705062.
Males among many species, including humans, evaluate cues of sperm competition risk and adjust accordingly their sperm competition tactics. The number of potential sexual rivals can serve as an index of sperm competition risk. Therefore, men may adjust their in-pair copulatory interest in accordance with the presence of sexual rivals. Using self-reports from 45 married men, we test the hypotheses that the time a man's wife spends with other men-either male friends or male coworkers-will positively predict a man's copulatory interest in his wife (Hypothesis 1) and his anger (Hypothesis 2), upset (Hypothesis 3), and frustration (Hypothesis 4) in response to his wife's sexual rejection. The results show that the time wives spend with male friends (but not male coworkers) predicts their husbands' anger, upset, and frustration in response to sexual rejection, providing support for Hypotheses 2-4. Discussion highlights novel contributions of the current research and provides a potential explanation for the discrepant findings regarding male friends versus male coworkers.
包括人类在内的许多物种中的雄性,会评估精子竞争风险的线索,并相应地调整其精子竞争策略。潜在性对手的数量可作为精子竞争风险的一个指标。因此,男性可能会根据性对手的存在来调整他们对配偶性交的兴趣。我们通过45名已婚男性的自我报告,检验了以下假设:男性妻子与其他男性(男性朋友或男同事)相处的时间,将正向预测该男性对其妻子的性交兴趣(假设1),以及他在妻子性拒绝时的愤怒(假设2)、心烦(假设3)和沮丧(假设4)。结果表明,妻子与男性朋友相处的时间(而非与男同事相处的时间)可预测其丈夫在性拒绝时的愤怒、心烦和沮丧,为假设2至4提供了支持。讨论突出了当前研究的新贡献,并为关于男性朋友与男同事的不同研究结果提供了一个潜在解释。