Sexual conflict is a thriving area of animal behaviour research. Yet parallel research in the
evolutionary human sciences remains underdeveloped and has become mired by …

Sexual conflict theory has been successfully applied to predict how in non-human animal
populations, sex ratios can lead to conflicting reproductive interests of females and males …

Across cultures, women tend to marry older men. This phenomenon is commonly described
as the result of evolved mate choice preferences, which cause men to base reproductive …

Global health interventions increasingly target the abolishment of 'child marriage'(marriage
under 18 years, hereafter referred to as 'early marriage'). Guided by human behavioural …

Women's economic empowerment is recognized as a fundamental component of gender
equality and global development. Despite a significant body of evidence highlighting the …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) refers to physical, sexual and psychological violence. Here
an evolutionary approach is used to compare risk factors for male-to-female IPV …

Despite the abundance of literature, longitudinal studies evaluating the factors associated
with domestic violence (DV) at different stages and over longer periods of women's lives are …

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread and is influenced by individual-
specific factors. However, the impact of spousal sociodemographic disparities (age …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide issue. One of the latest developments in its
theoretical framework deals with the concept of polyvictimisation–the simultaneous …

Gender role ideology, ie beliefs about how genders should behave, is shaped by social
learning. Accordingly, if perceptions about the beliefs of others are inaccurate this may …