During dinner, he looks into the deep cleavage of the waitress, and this leaves you calm. But when he begins lyrical stories about his colleague and her abilities, you get colic in the stomach. Let's look at jealousy from the female and male sides. What are the differences between men and women?
Suppose your loved one is interested in some other woman. Now imagine the following two outcomes of events: a) you learned that he is serious with this woman; b) you discovered that it was a mindless sexual affair. Of course, both of these situations are not the most delightful, but one of them is clearly worse than the previous one. If you think, like the overwhelming majority of women on our planet, you will probably choose the first option.
According to David Bass, professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Texas, jealousy in both sexes is a healthy condition for relationships to function. Bass conducted research on this topic, which involved both women and men from the United States, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Japan and Zimbabwe. Most of the female respondents noted that they would be more angered by the emotional infidelity of their partner, in which he would be psychologically interested.
Men, in turn, were found to be more sensitive to sexual infidelity. Differences in the perception of infidelity and jealousy in relationships between men and women, according to David Bass, is a typical product of evolution. Since the fetus develops in a woman's body, it is difficult to determine exactly who the father is. For a man, the idea that he should support someone else's child is unacceptable, and therefore he is sensitive to even a simple sexual affair. A woman's infidelity jeopardizes a man's ability to pass on his genes to offspring and exposes him to the risk of being done by his rival. Women do not have this problem, because they are always confident in motherhood. Therefore, they are better able to cope with the sexual cheating of a partner.
