The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction, evaluating multiple existing evolutionary theories. It combines empirical findings with theoretical arguments in order to review evidence on the prevalence rates of same-sex attraction and determine its genetic and environmental basis.

Among the topics addressed:

• Attitudes towards same-sex attraction across human history
• Assessing the weak selection pressures hypothesis of attraction
• Assessing the male choice hypothesis of attraction

• Evolution of same-sex attraction in men versus women
  The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction will be of interest to academics and students of evolutionary and psychological sciences, filling a gap in literature on the origins of specifically same-sex attraction.

  Fills a gap in research specifically addressing evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction Provides a comprehensive argument for the evolutionary origins of same-sex attraction Includes an overview of existing theories, empirical findings, and theoretical arguments on the origins of same-sex attraction

  Autorentext
  Dr Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology.

  Inhalt
  Chapter 1: What is to be explained?.- Chapter 2: The genetic basis of same-sex attraction.- Chapter 3: Environmental factors affecting same-sex attraction.- Chapter 4: Evolutionary theories on same-sex attraction.- Chapter 5: Same-sex attraction in human history: Classical Greece, Imperial Rome and Christian Europe.- Chapter 6: Same-sex attraction in human history: Central and South America, Islamic world, and Asia.- Chapter 7: Assessing the evidence from the historical record.- Chapter 8: The Weak Selection Pressures Hypothesis.- Chapter 9: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Regulation of mating, male-male competition and social consequences.- Chapter 10: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Male-tolerance, forced sex and desire to have children.- Chapter 11: The male choice hypothesis.- Chapter 12: Assessing the male choice hypothesis.- Chapter 13: Positive selection on male homosexuality.- Chapter 14: The evolution of same-sex attraction in men and women.