PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Sexual Differentiation, Hyperplasia, Inah 3

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3AC3
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

If you are gay you should take care of your kin to make sure your copy of genes will make it into the next generation. Straight siblings are more generous when giving money. Found that there is emotional and physical distance in gay men. But in some cultures we do see some support for this hypothesis. Studied this idea in a group in samoa that have a very specific category that is sort of analogous to being gay. These men are very valued in the culture but they don"t mate with women. Asked both straight and gay men and asked women how much time and resources did they donate to their kin and non-kin. The fa-afafine donated more to their kin, and everyone was pretty much the same for the non- kin. Fa-afafine are giving significantly more stuff to their kin then are the straight men or the women.