Trends in Evolutionary Explanations for Human Male Same-Sex Eroticism

A Commentary on Riegel (2011)

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ID19543307
AuthorsBruce Rind (0000-0003-4327-4688, Leipzig, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume27
Issue3
Pages199-209
Publication date2015-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sexual Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1931-7611 • E-ISSN: 1931-762X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19317611.2014.956853
OpenAlexW2052675669
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Objectives: Riegel (2011) argued there is a moral panic surrounding the issue of male transgenerational eros in the West. In response, he offered a variety of contrasting perspectives, one being that such eros has an evolutionary basis. The present article offers commentary. Methods: I supplement his hypothesis with a review of seven related evolutionary hypotheses and then compare/contrast all eight. Results: All these hypotheses constitute a work in progress, which Riegel adds to by properly restricting evidence (e.g., cross-cultural) to male homoerotic type (i.e., transgenerational). Conclusions: Riegel contributes to addressing the moral panic, and his evidence-type matching, which is part of a new trend in this area, promises to improve validity

Anxiety · Biology · Criminology · Eroticism · Human sexuality · Panic · Situational ethics · Sociology · Transgenerational epigenetics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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