A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion

By R. Thornhill, C. Palmer. 2000

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Sexual coercion and life-history strategy (2008, background): “The LH view is consistent with either the idea that sexual coercion is a specific adaptation or that it is a byproduct of traits adaptive for fast LH individuals (Palmer, 1991; Thornhill & Palmer, 2000; 2004; Thornhill & Thornhill, 1992).”
Feminism and the Evolution of Sex Differences and Similarities (2011, background): “The mutual opposition deepened with the publication of Thornhill and Palmer ’ s (2000) controversial book, A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion , which presented rape as an adaptive reproductive strategy favored by natural selection.”
Anthropomorphism, primatomorphism, mammalomorphism: understanding cross-species comparisons (2004, background): “depending on your perspective) in nonhuman mammals & birds (Allen et al. 1994; Rosenberg 1996; Bekoff et al. 1998), rape (or ‘rape’) in insects (Mitchell 1996; Thornhill 2000 ), and theory of mind (‘mindreading’) in nonhuman primates (Premack and Woodruff 1978; Premack 1988; Povinelli and Eddy 1996”
Risk Factors for Male Sexual Aggression on College Campuses (2004, neutral): “…debated theory of rape is the evolutionary or sociobiological theory, positing that forced sex optimizes male reproductive success, that this is an unlearned, instinctive drive in males and that natural selection has favored a stronger sex drive in males (Ellis, 1993; Thornhill & Palmer, 2000).”
Conquest by Force: A Narcissistic Reactance Theory of Rape and Sexual Coercion (2002, background): “Thornhill and Palmer (2000) suggested that rape may be a biological adaptation in which men who lack the status and resources to attract mates must “steal” sex to pass on their genes.”
Variations in risk taking behavior over the menstrual cycle An improved replication (2003, background): “Seto, 1996; Thornhill & Palmer, 2000; Thornhill & Thornhill, 1983), but regardless of whether rape is an adaptation or a byproduct of other aspects of male sexuality, it is not rare, and it is costly to its victims, particularly when a resultant pregnancy deprives a woman of the benefits of mate…”
Attractiveness of women's body odors over the menstrual cycle: the role of oral contraceptives and receiver sex (2004, background): “…detect the timing of ovulation; that is, they are unaware of women’s reproductive status and women have an adaptation of ‘‘concealed ovulation’’ (Alexander and Noonan, 1979; Baker and Bellis, 1995; Buss, 1994, 1999; Cartwright, 2000; Sillén-Tullberg and Møller, 1993; Thornhill and Palmer, 2000).”
A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality (2005, background): “A more unpleasant consequence of the female bias for mates who are good providers is a male tendency to use deceptive or forceful copulation tactics (Ellis 1989; Thornhill and Palmer 2000).”
If “Boys Will Be Boys,” Then Girls Will Be Victims? A Meta-Analytic Review of the Research That Relates Masculine Ideology to Sexual Aggression (2002, background): “This issue is important, given that there is a recent trend to conceptualize human SA as a biological and/or sociobiological phenomenon (e.g., Thornhill & Palmer, 2000).”