Where Do Cultures Come From

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7738726
AutoresKanazawa (0000-0003-3786-8797, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor de correspondencia), Satoshi Kanazawa
Año2006
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas152-176
Fecha de publicación2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1069397105283404
OpenAlexW2148161712
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas45

This article seeks to make three separate contributions to the anthropological study of culture. Metatheoretically, it presents an evolutionary psychological perspective within which to study culture and generate specific theories of the origins, constancy, and variations in human culture. Theoretically, it provides a concrete evolutionary psychological theory of son-daughter preference: why people in some societies prefer sons to daughters and practice female infanticide whereas those in others prefer daughters to sons and practice male infanticide (killingof boys). Empirically, it tests and supports an evolutionary psychological theory of son-daughter preference with large, international quantitative data both at the micro (individual) and macro (societal) levels. The empirical analyses show that wealthier individuals from 46 nations prefer sons to daughters, whereas poorer individuals prefer daughters to sons. They also suggest that wealthier societies have cultural preference for sons, whereas poorer societies have cultural preference for daughters

Biology · Daughter · Epistemology · Evolutionary biology · Evolutionary psychology · Evolutionary theory · Perspective (graphical · Preference · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology