Persistent effect of sex ratios on relationship quality and life satisfaction
Persistent effect of sex ratios on relationship quality and life satisfaction
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10.1098/rstb.2016.0315
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2017-09
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Pauline Grosjean;R. Brooks
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作者：
Pauline Grosjean;R. Brooks
将罪犯运往澳大利亚，在某些地区造成了严重的男性偏见，改变了罪犯时代的交配市场，并产生了长期的文化影响，一直持续到今天。我们测试是否罪犯时代的性别比例已经改变了婚姻和整体生活满意度今天，通过其对性别规范和家庭讨价还价的持续影响。我们发现，女性和男性都更幸福，在罪犯时代性别比例严重偏向男性的地区，已婚夫妇的幸福差距比历史上性别比例更均匀的地区要小。我们讨论了我们的研究结果，家庭讨价还价理论，进化的性冲突理论和保守的态度和自我报告的幸福之间的关系。这篇文章是主题问题的一部分“成人性别比例和生殖决策：人类和动物社会性别差异的批判性重新审视”。
Convict transportation to Australia imposed heavily male-biased sex ratios in some areas, altering the convict-era mating market and generating long-running cultural effects that persist to the present day. We test whether convict-era sex ratios have altered marital and overall life satisfaction today, through their persistent effects on gender norms and household bargaining. We find that both women and men are happier, and the happiness gap within married couples is smaller in areas where convict-era sex ratios were heavily male-biased than in areas where sex ratios were historically more even. We discuss our results in light of household bargaining theory, evolutionary sexual conflict theory and the well-documented relationship between conservative attitudes and self-reported happiness. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Adult sex ratios and reproductive decisions: a critical re-examination of sex differences in human and animal societies’.