Human social stratification and hypergyny: toward an understanding of male homosexual preference

Evolution and Human Behavior • Vol/Iss. 34 • Elsevier • • Published In • Pages: 155-163 •
By Barthes, Julien, Godelle, Bernard, Raymond, Michel

Hypothesis

Stratified societies will be positively associated with females marrying up.

Note

This is theorized to cause genetic factors promoting high female fertility to be selected for regardless of the negative cost to males of a lower probability of finding a female partner for reproduction. This in turn, they assert, is associated with an increased survival and frequency of male heterosexual preference. Stratification was the most important factor; geographic region next. Other variables were not important.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Logistic regression, multimodal inference, akaike informational criterion, and model averagingSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Geographic LocationControlLocation
Male Homosexual PreferenceDependentHomosexuality
Moralizing GodsControlSpirits And Gods
Population DensityControlPopulation
Social StratificationIndependentSocial Stratification

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Barthes, JulienLevel of social stratification will be associated with male homosexual preference (MHP) in data from the Ethnographic Atlas even when geographic zone is controlled for.
Barthes, JulienHigher levels of social stratification will increase the probability of observing male homosexual preference in the eHRAF sample even when controlling for linguistic-cultural relationships (i.e. accounting for Galton's problem using linguistic data).
Barthes, JulienHigher levels of social stratification will increase the probability of observing male homosexual preference in the Ethnographic Atlas database even when controlling for linguistic-cultural relationships (i.e. accounting for Galton's problem using linguistic data).
Barthes, JulienHigher levels of social stratification will increase the probability of observing male homosexual preference in the Ethnographic Atlas sample even when accounting for geographic-cultural phylogeny (i.e. controlling for Galton's problem using geographic data).
Gray, J. PatrickThere is a positive association between the presence of institutionalized male transvestism in a society and the frequency of male homosexual behavior (58).