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Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty

Although it is commonly believed that males are more promiscuous than females, new research has revealed the frequency of female infidelity and the consequences of such behavior. Because males cannot be certain of the paternity of their putative offspring, males have evolved a number of anti-cuckoldry strategies to deal with the potential possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics is the first book to address these perspectives and look at how males deal with the consequences of female infidelity. Each chapter deals with a specific evolved strategy developed to aid males in either limiting opportunities for their mate to be unfaithful or to ‘correct’ the byproducts of infidelity should it occur. With sections including mate guarding, intravaginal tactics, and paternity assessment, this book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in behavioral biology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, anthropology, sociology, reproductive health, and medicine.

STEVEN M. PLATEK is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Science at Drexel University in Philadelphia and director of the Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, which applies cognitive neuroscience methods (e.g., fMRI, optical imaging) to the study of parental behavior, sex differences, deception, and self-awareness.

TODD K. SHACKELFORD is Associate Professor of Psychology, Graduate Program Co-Director, and Chair of the Evolutionary Psychology Area of Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Shackelford directs the Evolutionary Psychology Laboratory, which uses a modern evolutionary psychological perspective to investigate social and interpersonal phenomena.

Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty

Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics

Edited by

STEVEN M. PLATEK

Drexel University

Philadelphia, USA

TODD K. SHACKELFORD

Florida Atlantic University

2912 College Avenue

Davie, USA

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Contributors

Rebecca L. Burch
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, USA

Jennifer A. Davis
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA

Gordon G. Gallup, Jr.
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA

Steven W. Gangestad
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87111, USA

David C. Geary
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-2500, USA

Aaron T. Goetz
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314, USA

Daniel Hipp
State University of New York at Oswego, 7060 Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126-3599, USA

Steven M. Platek
Drexel University, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

Todd K. Shackelford
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314, USA

Jaime W. Thomson
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Acknowledgments

Steven M. Platek thanks, for scholarly support, encouragement, and discussion about this research, Gordon Bear, Rebecca Burch, Martin Daly, Jennifer Davis, Scott Faro, Ludivine Fonteyn, Gordon Gallup, Jr., Steven Gaulin, Aaron Goetz, Ruben Gur, Robert Haskell, Farzin Irani, Julian Paul Keenan, Daniel Langleben, Sarah Levin, James Loughead, Rick Michalski, Feroze Mohamed, Thomas Myers, Ivan Panyavin, Shilpa Patel, Katie Rodak, Michele Sackowicz, David Smith, Jaime Thomson, and Margo Wilson. Special thanks to my co-editor, Todd Shackelford, for enthusiasm and dedication to this volume without which this volume may not have been. Also, special thanks to Patricia and Joesph Platek, for their continued support of my academic and personal endeavours.

Todd K. Shackelford thanks, for their scholarly support and encouragement, John Alcock, Robin Baker, Mark Bellis, Iris Berent, Jesse Bering, Tim Birkhead, Dave Bjorklund, April Bleske-Rechek, Rebecca Burch, David Buss, Martin Daly, Harald Euler, Gordon Gallup, Steve Gangestad, Aaron Goetz, Martie Haselton, Steve Hecht, Erika Hoff, Sabine Hoier, Lee Kirkpatrick, Craig LaMunyon, Randy Larsen, Brett Laursen, Rick Michalski, Dave Perry, Steven Platek, Nick Pound, Monica Rosselli, Dave Schmitt, Bob Smith, Randy Thornhill, Robin Vallacher, Charles White, and Margo Wilson. Special thanks to Steven Platek, for his hard work and persistence in bringing this volume to fruition. Finally, my deepest thanks to Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, for her unwavering support and encouragement, professional and personal.

The editors thank Martin Griffiths at Cambridge University Press for his direction, support, and patience.

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