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Sex Differences in Jealousy
By:Cynthia HamidiMatt Ramirez
Sidhant Srivastava
Background
• Males face a big problemo Females are fertilized internallyo Gestation
• Question of Paternityo No risk of maternity for women
• Riskso Men
• Time, courtship, effort into relationshipo Women
• Same as male, w/ added cost of survival & upbringing of children
Background (Continued)
• Jealousyo “An emotional state that is aroused
by a perceived threat to a valued relationship or position and motivates behavior aimed at countering the threat”
o An adaptive problem
• Hypothesis: Jealousy (sexual & emotional) differs in men & women
Study 1• 202 undergrad students
• 2 questions: conjuring images
• Resultso Meno Women
YOUR IN LOVE?! YOU HAD SEX
WITH HIM?!
IMAGINE....
Seeing pictures of your spouse having sexual relations with
someone else or...
Finding out your partner is madly in love with someone else
WHICH WOULD YOU
PREFER?
Imagine the scenario that would hurt you most. Now, what is your first
reaction anger or sadness?
So what is you’re first reaction?
Kill your spouse? Kill their lover?
Never speak to them again?
Try and win back your partner.
Call up your partner and scream at them?
Publicly embarrass both parties?
Subtweet the shit out of them?
Hook up with your partner’s sibling or best friend? Steal the other parties spouse?
Slash their tires and key their car.
Get drunk and hook up with someone else.
ICE CREAM.
EAT, SLEEP, & CRY.
Burn any old gifts and delete all the pictures.
Change your facebook status to single and ready to mingle.
Study 2• 55 undergrad students
o 32 males & 23 females
• Physiological Measureso Electrodermal activity (EDA), or unconscious arousalo Pulse rateo Muscle activity of brow region of face
• Corrugator supercilli – muscle responsible for frowning of brow linked with unpleasant emotions
• Resultso Men: all three measures showed increased distress under sexual
jealousyo Women: all three measures showed increased distress under
emotional jealousy• Exception: pulse rate – not as significant
It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’re wife says switch seats..you switch seats.
Study 3• 309 undergrad students
o 133 men & 176 women
• Similar to Study 1o Emphasis on men: difference between those who
experienced a committed sexual relationship vs. those who hadn’t
• Results similar to Study 1o Men who had experienced a committed sexual relationship
showed even more distress under sexual jealousy than those who hadn’t
Conclusion• Emotional infidelity may signal sexual
infidelity (& vice versa)o Both sexes should become distressed either way
• Adaptive problem correlation
• Link to other studyo Male sexual jealousy = leading cause of spousal abuse &
homicide across all cultures worldwide• Significant social impact on global scale
And if you still didn’t get it check out Beyonce’s song Jealous or Nick Jonas’ song Jealous
And if you just need some comic relief check out this video to know the 3 types of jealous
girlfriends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vymdIyQZGGc
Questions?
