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ABSTRACT
Long-term
committed mating is a fundamental strategy in the human repertoire.
Successful enactment of this strategy requires solving two related
adaptive problems – fending off potential mate poachers and
preventing a mates from defecting. Mate guarding adaptations evolved
to solve these persistent problems. Those who failed in mate guarding
risked suffering substantial reproductive costs ranging from genetic
cuckoldry to reputational damage to the entire loss of a mate.
Because the precise nature of the adaptive problems confronted
differed historically for the sexes, men and women evolved corresponding
differences in the underlying psychology of mate guarding. Men’s
mate guarding, relative to that of women’s, is strongly triggered
as a consequence of being mated to young and physically attractive
women, being confronted by interested rivals who have superior
economic resources or prospects, and having a mate who displays
signs of sexual involvement with a rival. Women’s mate guarding,
relative to that of men’s, is triggered as a consequence
of being mated to men high in income and status striving, rivals
who are more physically attractive, and having a partner who shows
signs of emotional involvement with another woman. Behavioral
output of mate guarding adaptations range from vigilance to violence.
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