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Sex Differences in Reciprocal Altruism: Reply to Mower
Author(s) -
GEARY DAVID C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00392.x
Subject(s) - reciprocal , reciprocal altruism , altruism (biology) , core (optical fiber) , psychology , epistemology , social psychology , sociology , philosophy , computer science , telecommunications , linguistics
Mower questions some aspects of Geary's (2002) proposals regarding the nature of male‐male and female‐female relationships during human evolution and the implications for understanding the basis for same‐sex friendships. The core of this proposal is reviewed and Mower's challenges to the core are addressed.