Ideological Mate-guarding: Sexual Jealousy and Mating Strategy Predict Support for Female Honor.

ABSTRACT: Feminine honor dictates that women should cultivate a reputation for sexual purity via behaviors such as dressing modestly and maintaining virginity before marriage. The dominant explanation for people's support for feminine honor is that female infidelity threatens male partners' honor. Beyond this, the literature affords little understanding of the evolutionary and psychological origins of feminine honor. We propose that feminine honor functions as an ideological form of mate guarding that is shaped by sexual jealousy and mating strategy. Two correlational studies (N  =  892) revealed support for predictions derived from this ideological mate-guarding account. In Study 1, dispositional jealousy and mating strategy (more monogamous orientation) predicted male participants' support

SUBMITTER: Kupfer TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10563489 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature