Parental Investment
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- Created on: 07-06-15 14:22
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- Parental investment research
- Sex differences in P/I
- Women invest more than men
- Breastfeeding (can go on for up to 4 years)
- Eggs (limited supply, unlike sperm)
- Men only invest sperm
- Women, therefore, are more fussing when it comes to choosing a partner
- 'Lad mags' reinforce a shallow approach to women - leads to feckless fatherhood and family breakdown - Michael Gove
- Males are biologically less prepared than females to confront issues associated with parenting - Geher et al
- Women invest more than men
- Cuckoldry
- Men can never be 100% sure their child is their BIOLOGICAL child
- Apicella and Marlowe - parental resemblance increases the parental investment of fathers
- The theory predicts that investment by fathers should be greater if they know the child is their biological child
- Men appear to not discriminate between biological and stepchildren - Anderson
- Evolutionary perspective
- First and last born children hold a more privileged status than middle borns
- Higher attempted suicide rates amongst middle borns - Andrews
- First and last born children hold a more privileged status than middle borns
- Sex differences in P/I
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