Wednesday, June 12, 2013

MATT RIDLEY on CUCKHOLDRY

page 235-236 from Matt Ridley's book THE RED QUEEN

"Cuckoldry paranoia is deep seated in men. The use of veils, chaperones, purdah, female circumcision, and chastity belts all bear witness to a widespread male fear of being cuckolded and a widespread suspicion that wives, as well as their potential lovers, are the ones to distrust...

Both researchers Argo Wilson and Martin Daly of McMaster University in Canada think both love and jealousy are a sexual proprietary claim... Psychologists have found that couples who lack moments of jealousy are less likely to stay together than jealous ones.

ONLINE WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MATT RIDLEY : WHY SEX? TO KEEP THE PARASITES AT BAY

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