Double standards for sexual jealousy: Manipulative morality or a reflection of evolved sex differences?

Human Nature

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-321

  Paul, Luci ^a   Foss, Mark A ^b   Baenninger, Mary Ann ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggressive motivation; Double standards; Gender differences; Morality; Person perception; Sexual jealousy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529228     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02733399     Document Type: Review

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