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Worldwide, economic development and gender equality correlate with liberal sexual attitudes and behavior: What does this tell us about evolutionary psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Dory A. Schachner ,
Joanna E. Scheib ,
Omri Gillath  and
Phillip R. Shaver
Dory A. Schachner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616http://psyweb2.ucdavis.edu/labs/Shaver/
Joanna E. Scheib*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616http://psyweb2.ucdavis.edu/labs/Shaver/
Omri Gillath*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616http://psyweb2.ucdavis.edu/labs/Shaver/
Phillip R. Shaver*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616http://psyweb2.ucdavis.edu/labs/Shaver/
*
dschachner@ucdavis.edu
jescheib@ucdavis.edu
ogillath@ucdavis.edu
prshaver@ucdavis.edu
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Abstract:

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Shortcomings in the target article preclude adequate tests of developmental/attachment and strategic pluralism theories. Methodological problems include comparing college student attitudes with societal level indicators that may not reflect life conditions of college students. We show, through two principal components analyses, that multiple tests of the theories reduce to only two findings that cannot be interpreted as solid support for evolutionary hypotheses.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 293 - 294
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005